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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-01-31
Relief Labor
ReceivesCut
School Building in County Receives
Additional Money on Cooperative
Basis; Special Fund

Orders from Raleigh which were
received this week in the local relief
office are to the effect that wages for
relief work are to be cut considerably.
Common labor will be paid twenty
cents per hour. Other wages will be
paid in accordance with the amount
of skill the worker possesses but fifty
cents is the highest rice to be paid.
This goes to the bricklayer.
All foremen will be paid at five
cents per hour more than the rate
paid the men over whom he has con-
troll. This is in great contrast with
the CWA- prices which paid as high as
one dollar and ten cents and as low
as thirty cents, or the first R. F. G.
rates which were seven and one-half
cents per hour.
The school building program which
has been started in the county will
be resumed on cooperative basis
the community must put up a pei
cent to match the government money
Such specifications have been reacehd
by the various schools and it is learn
ed in the relief office that sufficient
money has been granted from !
special fund for the completion Of
the work now on hand.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-01-31

An educational meeting for those
interested in the signing of corn-hog
contracts will be held at the court
house in Jefferson, Tuesday, Feb. 5,
to which the public is invited. Some
contracts may be signed up even as
early as the Tuesday meeting. Later
meetings for the giving out of infor-
nation will be held in many different
parts of the county.
The local county committee will
have charge of all operations of the
association in Ashe. The committee
is as follows: G. B. Mcmillan, chair
man; Fred Little and Wiley Weaver.
Mr.. Mcmillan represented this
county at meeting held in Wilkes
boro Saturday which was attended by
representatives of the Ia counties
that are included in this district:
Wilkes, Yadkin, Surry, Allegheny,
Ashe, Watauga, Alexander, Avery,
Mitchell and Caldwell counties. The
other member counties are Burke,
Catawba Lincoln and Yancey.
It was brought out in the meeting
that contract blanks will be available
to the association and county agents
some time next week and an early
sign-up by interested farmers is urg-
ed in order that the sign-up may be
completed by the specified time
March 1.
It will be necessary for everybody
expecting to receive reduction pay
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-01-31
Parker Tie Company
Opens Retail Lumber
Offices in w. Jefferson
Expect to Carry Complete Line of
Building Materials; Offices in
w. +. Vannoy Building

The Parker Tie Company will open
a retail lumber office in the w. E.
,Vannoy building within the next few
days. The company expects to have
a complete line of flooring, ceiling,
siding, molding, and other finished
lumber. Mr.. Parker states that other
building material will be added later.
The Parker Tie Comany has paid
producers thousands of dollars in
cash for crossties and export lumber
during the past nine months and it is
their desire to be of further service
to their many friends and customers.
For this reason they are adding this
line of finishing lumber and building
material.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-01-31
Bowie Introduces Bill to
End Power Monopolies

that his first measure would tend
to reduce power rates, his second
to safeguard the credit and the
financial future of the State.
Judge Bowie had the honor of
introducing Miss Helen Keller,
the woman who is conceded to be
the most remarkable woman in
world today, to the General
Assembly when she spoke to
them through her secretary the
first of the week. Our readers
will recall that Miss Keller is
deaf, mute, and blind.
Judge Bowie's bill for the re-
lief of Ashe county taxpayers
which passed the house last week
is, at present, hung up in the Sem
ate despite Senator Dalton War
ren's efforts to push it through
Immediately.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-01-31
Under the Dome"
Features Prominent
Men of This Section

From the feature column under
the Dome" of the News and Observer
thise week the following is taken:
WARNING-It is no secret among
veteran members of the Legislature
that when the Hon. Tam Bowie, gen.
tleman from Ashe, starts to fight for
or against something he is far from
gentle. But even those who have
heard the roar of the legislative
mountain lion may not know all of
his fighting background.
1t was Representative Bowie's first
cousin-once-removed who immortaliz-
ed the family name with the inven-
ton of the bowie knife. And from
the once wild wastes of Texas, where
this inventive Bowie resided, comes
the store that he knew how to use
his weapon if, as, and when it became
necessary.
The Hon. Tam long has been a
force in North Carolina legislative
circles. He is one Of the two former
speakers now members of the House.
Session after session, his voice has
shaken the Capitol chandeliers with
denunciation of higher taxes and in
creasing appropriations. Even his
worst enemy could not accuse him of
taking the not-so-unusual position in
favor of decreasing taxes and in
creasing expenditures. On matters
fiscal, the gentleman from Ashe lis a
super-conservative.
RUFF AND PETE-Two former
Speakers of the House, each with
records of service longer than any
present member of that body, Rufus
A. Doughton of Allegheny and Wal
ter "Pete" Murphy of Rowan, last
night were extended the courtesy. of
the floor by Speaker johnson, Cover
nor Doughton took a seat in the
House and soon appeared right at
home. Mr.. Murphy shook hands
around. Both men got a cordial well
come from the House membership.
Il
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-01-31
CORN-HOG MEETING
AT JEFFERSON TUES.

ments this year to sign regardless of
whether or not they signed contracts
last year. In addition to these all
farmers wishing to reduce their pro-
duction of corn and hogs and get pay
for the reduction may sign. Details
can be learned from any county agent
or member of the control association.
! Between IL and 13 thousand dollars
were brought into the county last
year through the efforts of those
working with the Corn-hog Crop Con-
troll Association.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-01-31
Security Issue
Gets Hearing
Expected to Be Conducted by Ways
and Means Committee for
Several Weeks

Washington-Daily hearings on the
Doughton-Lewis economic security
bill, H. r. APO, are being conducted
by the Ways and Means Committee
of which Mr.. Doughton is Chairman.
The bill is sponsored by the admins
tration and embodies the Presidents
social security ideas as outlined in his
recent message to Congress. The bill,
briefly, provides, as follows:
1. Unemployment compensation.
2. Old age security.
8. Security for children.
A. Extension of public health SER
vices.
The hearings will continue several
weeks, it is predicted. Among the
witnesses who have or will testify
before the Committee are:
DIR. E. E. Witte, Executive Direc-
tor, Committee on Economic Securi-
ty; Miss Frances Perkins, Secretary
Of Labor; Harry Hopkins. Federal
Emergency Relief Administrator;
William Leiserson, Chairman, Ma
tional Mediation Board; Alvin Ham
sen, Chief Economic Analyst, De-
partment Of Stats; Murray Latimer,
Chairman, Railroad Retirement
Board; Douglas Brown. professor Of
economics, Princeton University; Miss
Katherine Lenroot, Chief, The Chill
dren's Bureau; William Green, presi-
dent, American Federation Of Labor;
and Miss Josephine Roche. assistant
Secretary of the Treasury.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-01-31
Hauprnann Cross
Examination Ends
ASHE AMERICAN LEGION
POST HOLDS MEETING


Ashe County American Legion
Post, No. III. held well attend
ed meeting Tuesday, night and
listened to an excellent radio
address oyer station WPTF by
Commander Hubert E. Olive, of
Lexington, N. c., relative to the
proposed bonus legislation.
The post members went on
record as being in favor Of inn
mediate cash payment Of the adj
justed service certificated as set
forth in the Vinson bill which is
expected to go before Congress
about February 1st.
The Post anticipates visit
from r. L. WOoten, of North
Wilkesboro, N. c., in the interest
of unemployed ex-seryice men.
Watch next weeks paper for
the date.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-01-31

Thirty-six billion eggs were eaten
in the United States last year.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-01-31

The fire toll is 20 times as much in
as in protected forests.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-01-31
Ashe Loss Great
through Erosion
LANSING TO MEET A.S.TC.
AT LANSING SATURDAY

A. s. T. C. freshmen will meet
the Lansing High School basket
ball team at the Lansing gym
nasium Saturday night to settle
an old score. The A. s. T. C.
team is the. only team that has
defeated the Lansing team this
season and then it was with
score of 1904, and the Lansing
boys are sure they can redeem
themselves at Saturdays game.
Coach Athel Phillips, who ex-
presses great pride in his team
is also confident of winning.
The game viii START at eight
o'clock and the public is cordially
invited.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-01-31
GRASSY CREEK TURKEY LAYS
EGG ON NIGHT OF JAN. II

Joseph Spencer, of Grassy Creek,
reports that his old turkey hen flew
off her roost at eight o'clock Thurs
day night, Jan. II, went to her nest,
and laid an egg. She came, off the
nest about daylight the next morning.
Mr.. Spencer found the egg when he
went to verify his suspicious that the
turkey was laying at night.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-01-31

The average price received per
acre for farm land last year by the
IL Federal Land Banks was little
better than $50.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1935-04-05
NOtiice

In consequence of the liquidation of
the Bank, and in accordance with rule
(f) Of the Regulations for the Savings
Department Of the Bank. notice is
hereby given to all parties having saw
ings deposits with ne Bank, that the
Bank desires to repay the amounts de-
posted to the depositors, and hereby
gives the required II weeks notice to
hat effect; and informs ali depositors
that no interest VIII be given on any
savings deposit after the expiration of
II weeks (tW elve weeks from date.
No iAterest on Checking Accounts
will be given after the present date.
St. Thomas the l day of March 1885.
The National Bank Of the Danish West
Indies
AXEL HOIST 1HAGE
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1935-04-05


Notice ia herebv given that al a stock
January Is. 1926 it was decided that
the hououaI la of be DANISH west
Indies gees into liquidation from the
said date; that the Implication commit
tee consists Of III former board mem
Ders. and thatthp Officers of tks Bai k
are authorized To sign and act for the
Bank in liquidation in the same manner
as heretofore.
St. Thomas, the 1911 day Of Jan
uaIy, 1880
The National Bark Of the Danish
West lLdles
AXFL Hoist
L. CHRIST kNSEN.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1935-04-05
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The Washington times., 1935-09-21

has been proven that there Is
practically no recourse against
the Carstons except through one
arm Of the law-the income tax
department. That arm Of the law
you-not his elevatorman or his
cook or his tailor, but you-could
give all it takes to put that pub
lie enemy in Alcatraz.
"I-but hes my employer -
he's been kind and generous to
me-I'm no Government agent. ]
work for my living, I take my pay
and I keep my mouth shut. You
don't print everything, either,
that you get in confidence. And
my job is confidential"
you're no Government agent!
Listen, Julie. I've just come from
the morgue-I've just looked at
The Washington times., 1935-09-21
Federal Men Spring New
Tactics In Their War
On Ga17gsters
Capitalization Of the Cosmopolitan Production PhotOpIaJ
Coming soon to Warner Brothers Earle Theater)
WHAT HAS HAPPENED
BY JACK LAIT
From Original Story by Martin Mooney

Alec CGrston Big Towm rGckets rGjGh has Just been
qutted bribery Charge the Judge has denounced the
jury cOwards, traitors, and public smsmies and the
lucky Big Shot has returned IN triumph to his "business"
offices 1Ohere he cOmters briefly aUith his confidential
retqry, the pretty Miss Julie Gardner.
After she leGveS Carstom begins to Wory about "ths IN
come tGr thing". He remembers Al CGpone, WGry Cor
don and Dutch Schuz Visions of ALcGtrGz tGde hoO
eVer he and his gundoiers" start making the rounds
of the gambling resorts.
At the 1872 Club managed BY the suGve Cedric Artage
CGrstom meets his friendly enemy, Bill Bradford,
paper reporter 1Vho is assigned to the big racket soeS
Bradford tells CGrston that he likes the latss secretary
lot.
Carstom compliments the reporter on that and later
Bradford dimes h her, When he suggests that they then
motor to the AcGzar for dancing, Julie Gardner remarks
that the of that resort aOGys gves her, boss the M
ters-"it sounds much like Acatraz."
After evening of dancing, Blu leaves Julie at hOme
returns to the 1872 Club and mentions the murder OF
by chlorofor to the erreme annoyance of Jake
Andrews one of the clubs managers. Later Andrews finds
ArmGge at the club sGe tells the latter he is doomed but
suggests that he phone the District Attorney for police to
drive off CGrstons gumnem.
ArCge does and AmdreUs at another phone tips off
CCrson to the squea. The boss then orders his gwdo
iers" to ge" AritGge the police take him from the
club. From the of "forists" they open Mp
killing Arnsitcge, t'Oo cops, the doormon and girl
pGSserby.
The Washington times., 1935-09-21
THE GUNMAN's smirk o
the bodies Of those two policemen

the bodies Of those two policemen
and that girl-and-"
Julie jumped UP.
'That will be quite enough, Mr..
Bradford. Anything you have to
say hereafter on that subject you
may say through the columns Of
your paper, to the general public
- including me And please
don't ever talk to me again Is
long rs I live"
Bradford shook his head sadly.
II want to protect not only all
decent people. but you in par.
ticular. I hope you won't be
caught in this terrible jam that
has to result from this"
"Good morning" said Julie,
without raising her eyes from her
sheet.
Bill Bradford started to say
something-hut turned and walked
out.
''No Government agent" he
muttered, half aloud. ."H'mph,
no Government agent. -"
He stepped out Of the building,
his thoughts far from the passing
populace and the sights and
sounds Of the busy big burg. He
started to cross the street. He
stopped. He whiStled at o cruising
taxi and gave an address, far
downtown. He got out before q
grim old granite building. He en-
tered q big, creaky, crowded ele-
vator and got off ct an upper
floor. He walked to q door. on
which was lettered:
INTERNAL REVENUE
BUREAU OF
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
Bill Bradford walked in.
The Washington times., 1935-09-21

Bradford. "Why didn't you say
so in the first placer"
"How2" answered Bill. "Will II
Bet your blonde, beautiful bean
will. Absolutely, I promise I won't
scold you and I won't talk shop
your shop or my shop. Okay'
Spinelli'S at seven. Uhu-I'll be
there with my hair in q braid"
There was q smile on the re-
porter'S face as he closed his eyes
q moment in apparently pleasant
musing before he suddenly snapped
back into who and where he was
and again attacked his mill"
with staccato wallops.
He was nearing the end Of his
report for the first edition. All
he had left to write on the final
"take," as the boy waited to rush
1t to the "desk." was:
"'CarSton's notorious immunity
will now face the test of not only
city, State and Federal agencies Of
the law challenged to deliver or
confess that they are futile against
the organized corruption and
assassination back Of the master
racketeer'S. Super-SyStem,' said the
district attorney, but a thoroughly
aroused public is now in a clamor
for legal vengeance against the
perpetrators Of the massacre In
which two policemen, doorman
and q girl pasSerby were moved
down with the intragang victim.
Armitage, who was on his way to
my office, and whose life had
therefore been declared forfeit by
underworld sentence-the law Of
the lawleSs-the only authority
which the city's murderous ma
rauders have hitherto been forced
to fear or recognize
The Washington times., 1935-09-21
A Quarrel

Carston hadn't yet reached his
office, but Julie was there at her
accounts when Bill, who had
scarcely closed his eyes in sleep.
Sauntered in that morning.
GOOD morning, little sunshine, /"
chirped Julie. Don't you think
your welcome might be question
able here after that blast you
gave us in this mornings Sheet?"
"Us?" exclaimed Bill. "US! Ugh!
You never brought it home to
me so closely and so criSply be-
fore. Yes, Julie, you're in on it
in o way. You're working for
this racketeer, this murderer
"Please, Bill, I'm a bOokkeeper.
I put down what comes in and
what goes out. I really don't
know much about where it comes
from and much less Of where it
goes to. Is Carston's elevator op-
orator q murderer because he
runs him up and down? Is Car
Ston's tailor q murderer because
he fits him for clothes? Is
CarSton'S-"
THE cases are not parallel. 1t
The Washington times., 1935-09-21

Two men stood in the window
Of the District Attorneys office
solemnly and rather blankly gaz
ing down at nothing in the court
yard below. The prosecutor turned
toward the chief Of police and
said:
-Four men and Q girl to get
one. The bloody butcher!"
"We've got to hang this one on
Carston or we might as well have
been with Armitase. The news
papers will make hamburgers out
Of US. But I think we can do 1t
this time"
That's what I thought every
time. But"
HE never did this before.
When he starts numbering police
and innocent civilians, he's got
an enemy he's never faced before.
The people at large-the ones
most affected-you know they're
indulgent with gangSterS and
racketeers. Sometimes I even
think they're pulling for them.
"They can't be taught to under
stand the enormity Of such
crimes. which plunder and
threaten them, but which they
don't visualize aS directly touch
ing them. But in o dirty case
like this one-I think we can get
. jury to get mad and 90
through"
"But where will we get the evi-
dence? The good citizens can't
supply that-less In this case
than in those we fumbled. You're
right on the jury end. But how
The Washington times., 1935-09-21
FiXers Fail
To "Beat
Rap"

forth his hand and flung . nickel
In front Of Carston on the desk:
~ wouldn' see you take a loSS,"
he sneered-and he turned and
walked out Of the office.
Carston all but checked. He sat
staring at the nickel, the impudent
symbol Of impertinent lese majeSUe.
Then, gradually, q smile sneaked
over his face. He picked up the
nickel and balanced it on the tip
Of an upturned finger. He con-
templated 1t, then observed:
Remarkable, what swell busi-
nessmen some sapS turn out to be.
DureN come in here q poor man,
an with one nickel he becomes a
prope'ty owner-buys himself 6
feet O. good real estate" The
whimsical expression left his fea-
lures as though wiped off. Call
the Castle. Tell the boys Durell
lost his truck in the river, so
they're to take him for . ride in
their car. Toss Q nickel at mel"
Joe Rich, his hand trembling q
little. reached for the phone and
lifted the receiver.
A second later the instrument
fell from his hand and he stag
gered back, his cheek cut open by
. heavy inkwell and the ink ming
ling with the gushing blood.
IT told you never to call the
Castle off o. this phone" hoarSed
Carston. "Cail from a pay station
.. .Here-here's a nickel!"
mo-" Julie was saying, 'I sup
pose didn't mean it-exactly--
when I told you to never talk
to me again. But you seemed to
take it literally. You didn't come
back or call UP or anything-and
I had to ring you and eat my
words"
"And they were such hard, cruel
words. I hope they don't give you
q tummy ache"
"You might have called. You
know q girl always expects the
man to, when she tells him to
never talE to her again."
"Oh. I would have. But
it was a good day to be on the
outs with you-if there could be
q good day for such q calamity.
Never was buster. The aftermath
Of that slaughter at the 122 Club
has been terrific. You've no idea
how the town is steamed up over
it."
IT thought we weren't going to
have any post mortemS with this
meal. You might at least have
waited to serve it with the dessert"
"It'S o hard topic to duck. I
feel 50 deeply about it-especially
for you."
"Why for me? I'm just . book
keeper, the same as any other. I
do my days work, I put on my
little hat, I walk out and I forget
all about it."
The Washington times., 1935-09-21
NOW READ ON
CHAPTER V

calling all cars'ths police radio brOadcastng the
alarm. "Smal black truck labeled 'Darguette-Floris
shoot sight. ...'
Police picked up the command spun their short
bases and started sirens screaming and engines racing toward
the direction in which the murdercar Of Alex Carston Grub
bers-out" had last been seen. 4
But six scattering in all directions from the end
of pier the river after sudden mighty splash in which
smart little truck hurtlng into somersault hit the water
and sank