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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-02
w. p. Coward for
Ashe County Agent

TO THE EDITOR OF THE POST:
Will you please give me a little
space in your paper to say few
words about a county agent for
Ashe county.
Through the influence of the coun-
ty agent of Grayson county in Vir-
ginia, and the agricultural instructor
at the Virginia-Carolina High School
at Grassy Creek, the farmers have
been able to organize wool and
lamb pool that has brought several
hundred dollars more than they
would have been able to get with
out the pools. believe that the wool
and lambs alone will bring enough
n.c-lcy over and above an ordinary
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that if they can only get the sympathy of the
public they can continue to ply their unholy
trade of stealing innocent and helpless children
in order to gain money that they make more
easily than they could by lifetime of hard
work.
Even thousands of dollars made by the work
of a few hours of crime in the middle of the
night pales into insignifcance when we have
public spectacle of the criminal in the clutches
of the law and the throes of DEATH paying for
his crime.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-02
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE

North Carolina
Ashe County.
Under and by virtue of power of
sale contained in certain deed of
trust executed on the 18th day of
November, 1880, by w. T. Gambill
and wife, Essie Gambill, to T. c.
Bowie, Trustee, for Stuart B. Camp
bell, which deed of trust is duly re-
corded in the Office of the Register
of Deeds of Ashe County in Book 80,
page 525, default having been made
in the payment of the principal and
interest of said deed of trust and at
the instance and request of the ces-
tut cue trust;
I, T. c. Bowie, Trustee, will sell to
the highest bidder for cash at the
Courthouse Door in Jefferson, North
Carolina, on Saturday, the End day
of May, 1886, at 100 o'clock P. NJ,
the following described real estate,
lying and being in Ashe County,
North Carolina, and bounded as fol-
lows:
Beginning on locust on the bank
of the road near the fork of New
River, corner of lot No. S of the di-
vision of Rose Belle Dixon estate
running north SO east with the line
of lot No. S, poles to an oak stump;
then east 26 2-3 poles OF dogwood
corner of lot No. Z; then north 40
west ii poles to dogwood; then
with the division line made between
R. B. Eller and J. F. Dixon north
80 IA west So poles with the wire
fence to a rock and stake on the
bank of the north fork of New Riv-
er; then south 26 IA west crossing
the river to maple, J. F. Dixon and
Ed Sections corner; then running up
the said river binding on the bank
thereof and with Walter Hash's line
SO rs poles to a bunch of hymns on
the west bank of the river, the John
and Jess Dixon corner; then crossing
the river to the beginning, contain
ing 80 acres more or less. The same
being the place upon which w. T.
Gambill now lives.
This LIST day of April, 1886.
4-23 T. C. BOWIE, Trustee.
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SPECIAL EASTER SERVICES
FOR JEFFERSON M. E. CHARGE

Special services for the Easter sea-
son on the Jefferson Charge of the
Methodist Church, have been an
nounced by the pastor, Rev. C. R.
Stafford, as follows: Jefferson
church, Love Feast service Wednes-
day night, April 8, and Early Morn
ing Communion service Easter Sun
day at seven o'clock; West Jefferson
church, Communion service Thurs
day night, April 9, and Love Feast
service Friday night; Zion church,
Worship and Communion service
Easter Sunday morning at eleven
o'clock.
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our many
thanks and appreciation to all our
friends and neighbors who have
been so attentive and lent helping
hand during the affection death, and
burial of our companion and mother.
&C. r. Blevins and Children.
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E,55s:S NUTS and

Steven Leacock said that half the
truth was stronger than the whole
truth. Not only is he an economist,
but the paragrapher believes that he
has some ardent diciples in these
here parts.
Some times the political jam that
you get into is the sort that you
sometimes get in the face.
"Kidnap ladder framed" says
Hoffman, governor of New Jersey.
Of course. The simplest kind of car
pentry would admit that.
When the state rests in law suit
it is a pity that they could not in
clude the public with it.
"Phone hearing coming up April
the e." That will be something new
in telephony as well as an accommo-
dalton to the general public.
The government is now studying
on a device to handicap cows so that
they will fall down and strain their
milk.
Seeds for cultivating dollars. Adv.
wonder if kale seed would not be
the best.
The reason that the moon has such
an intoxicating effect upon lovers is
that she is usually full herself.
The hog reduction administration
has found out more about the ways
of hogs than hogs know themselves.
Senate group shapes flood control
plan. Look how far behind we are
even. Noah as far back as that was
ready. for 1t.
Every Republican and those want
ing to return to fundamentals what-
ever that means) has been asked to
contribute one dollar. So far ten
cents has gone in. Must be some
widow lurking around the corner.
Waiting for the Hoover prosperity.
Scientist now say that a pipe
seven-eighths full of water will car
ry more than when full. That theory,
like teachers salary is explained
in the terms of economics as the
diminishing returns
A fish with the national colors
caused the state of Indiana to stay in
the Union. Fish are not so poor
after all.
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can Eye for an Eye

TNHE OLD JEWISH custom handed down to us
from the Old Testament of exacting an eye
for an eye and tooth for tooth finds favor
in the minds of those who believe in capital
punishment, but those who are against taking
life in order to pay for life do not agree with
the ancient teachings.
If the criminal mind were such that kindness
and good treatment could turn it into some
thing that would be of use to mankind, it would
be very well to discredit the idea that makes
us adopt capital punishment. But years of study
and psychological research show that criminal
tendencies are not easily erased from the minds
and thoughts of men and women and society
has not been able to find any better way than
to exact punishment by imprisonment or by
death in payment for crimes committed
against it.
Since the United States has this general law
of hanging, electrocuting, or taking life by
lethal gas, and since it is done for the sole and
explicit reason of making murder horrible to
all those who might contemplate it, the lesson
that is being taught is lost when the executions
are private. If a man or woman must pay the
death penalty for taking the life or lives of
others, the Nervousness of the crime would be
far more forceably brought before the public if
the execution were made public.
It is a revolving thought. There are those in
Ashe county who saw the hanging in Jefferson
years ago. It is something they can't forget. And
it is picture that should be indelibly impress
ed on the mind of every potential criminal.
Murder and theft are two vices that will prob
ably always be a hindrance to the higher de-
velopment of humanity, and the majority of it
is done in the dark with few or no witnesses.
We read about it in the papers and pass it over
with little thought unless it happens to reach us
personally; then, it is not in accordance with
human nature that we are so broadminded
about letting the criminal 60 on his way while
we nurse needless heartaches
In the present widely advertised case of
Hauptmann, whose electrocution has been post
poned twice in spite of damning evidence
against him and repeated denials of mercy from
those who heard the case argued for days, many
people sincerely believe that he should not be
put to death because he is not the only one con-
nected with the crime. Always where there is
no actual eyewitness to crime, there is
measure of doubt, but Hauptmann has been able
to give only the most fmsy of reasons in trying
to explain the many pieces of evidence that
have connected to entangle him. Many a man
has gone to his death for less, but even the most
rabid supporter of capital punishment would
not have an innocent person killed. If Gov. Hoff-
man has any basis for his belief that the truth
in the Lindbergh case has not been told, his
interference in the matter should not be dis
credited, but something definite should be set
tied before other kidnapers take heart and learn
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price to pay the county's part of a
county agents salary each year.
Then, let us consider some other
things that real live agent can do.
Take, for instance, the fertilizer
proposition that the government is
offering. I see no reason why Ashe
can't have an agent if Wilkes, Wa
tauga, and Allegheny all have
agents.
Two years ago some of the farm
ers in the county sold their wool as
low as IL cents per pound while the
pooled wool brought more than
double.
Yours for better cooperation,
w. P. COWARD,
Grassy Creek.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-02

Cadet Clyde Barr, of Chatham,
Va, spent the week end with his
parents here.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-02

Sixteenth century druggists sold
love powders, living toads and pull
erized precious stones.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-02

A fish with the national colors
caused the state of Indiana to stay in
the Union. Fish are not so poor
after all.
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Too Much Spending

Too Much Spending
THE GOVERNMENT has been on spending
= orgy since the first billion-dollar congress
staggered the minds and imagination of the
thinking people of the country and set in mo-
ton a wave of extravaganza that has gained
momentum each year.
Government spending has become so appall-
ing and stupenduous in its proportions that the
common mind has no comprehension of what it
actually means.
We quote from an editorial in the Rural New
Yorker which applies to all sections of the
country as well as New York state:
"The spending orgies of our political leaders
are trife disheartening to anyone who has had
the misfortune to have been educated in the
horse and buggy days. The Federal government
seems to have been quite successful in inoculat-
ing the various State officials with the deadly
virus of extravaganza. Right here in New York
State, the 1886 Legislature is devising ways and
means to DIVERT hard-earned taxpayers money
into what are justified as deserving channels.
"Bills for appropriations of 81 100000 are now
before the Albany law makers in order to es-
tablish 81 new investigating commissions
Twenty eight other commissions are already in
existence for which 81 1892 900 was appropriated
last year and probably an equivalent sum for
the current year. The subject matter sought to
be investigated in the new commissions ranges
all the way from the origin of baseball ($5,00O),
to food menus ($50,O0O( and un-American &C.
tivities $Q5OOOO). Also in the list is a $4,000
appropriation for milk investigation which
was unanimously rejected few weeks ago by
New York dairy farmers as just another waste
full expense.
"In the great majority of cases. investigations
prove nothing. They result either in complete
whitewash or in recommendations of new laws
which, unless those affected are careless, find
their way into legislative dead archives.
'There is no doubt that from time to time sur
veys by a State agency might be worth while
and productive. But when the politicians run
them steadily through the Albany mill year
after year solely for the creation of soft jobs
and with little or no thought for the subject
matter involved nor for the persons footing the
BILL it is just about time to line up in solid ranks
and demand little common sense in govern
ment. AS matters stand now, the politician has
good spending spree and all the taxpayer gets
is the headache"
Mr.. Mussolini has dispensed with the last
body having functions that even remotely re-
semble those exercised by Congress in this
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Among other things that California wife
had to put up with before she was granted
divorce was that her husband left dirt rings in
the bath tub. The offense could not have been
committed in the days of wash bowls and swim
ming holes The progress of civilization surely
does carry it's troubles with it.
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Mr.. Mussolini has dispensed with the last
body having functions that even remotely re-
semble those exercised by Congress in this
county. He has taken over, in behalf of the gov
eminent, all industries save small-scale agricul-
ture. Ambition caused the downfall of julius
Caesar and Napoleon Bonapart. The world does
not look too kindly upon too much ambition as
William Hohenzollern might testify. Let us hope
that Mr.. Mussolini will profit by history and
not overstep those limits which none may pass
without trouble.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-02

Scientist now say that pipe
seven-eighths full of water will car
ry more than when full. That theory,
like teachers salary is explained
in the terms of economics as the
diminishing returns
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-02

Some times the political jam that
you get into is the sort that you
sometimes get in the face.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-06-13
AME's Laud
Press

New York - The Negro
press received generous tre-
atment in the Episcopal ad-
dress before the A.M'E. &C.
neral Conference. Under the
heading. The Negro Press"
the address reads n part:
The Negro Press has rem
dered inualuabIe service in
calling attention to the worth
while achievements of oar
group, prging ceaseiess 'war-
fare against injustice a n d
determinations of every kind;
we note with pleas ure the
evidences of Improvement in
reportorial service az demon
stratec in the reports Of con
ferences, conventions. edu-
cational institutions and other
important events.
I'VE believe the church and
secu lar press should with in
cressipe effectiveness unit
edly condemn oppression law
leseness injustice and in
equality wherever formed and
encourage unity and CO.
operation within the race, and
help cement bonds Of good
will among all races. More
and more the Negro must
depend uron his own min
The Arizona gleam., 1936-06-13
Governor Lehman.
Signs Illegitimacy
Bill

Albany,N.Y.---- A bill to
help remove the stigma of
illegitimacy from N children
born out of wedlock by pro-
viding that birth certificates
need not disclose the marital
name or status of the mother
was signed by Governor Leh-
man Thursday.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-06-13
B zSS SE n :S - Sl =; 4
sE;a a e Sx VIZ VA III sga " q RsX

Nothibg can enhance oul
natural beauty as much az
attractive and welI'kept hair.
Even women whose feat
ures are rather ordinary will
stand out in a crowd and
attract her full share of at
tention if her hair has a lus-
trous, alluring appearance.
Because the gro with a n d
development of the hair j 9
dependent upon t h nerve
cells and glands in the scalp.
which must get their nour
ishment from the blood stre-
am, the hair is naturally IL
fluenced by the general con-
dition of the body. Like the
other features such as teeth,
eyes. com plexion and finger
nails. the hair quickly ref
lects any changes in o u r
health.
Simp e, wholesome diet,
plenty of seep and exercise
the ordinary commonsense
,precaut ons we ehouid take to
guard our health. these will
he o keep the scalp in good
condition, just ss they make
the eyes clear and sparkling,
erase II e tired !, es around
the mouth, and give o r
whole face a mlr3 q tractive
appearance.
But, in addition to this.
we must devote a little at
tention to the hair itself. We
must keep our scalp healthy
if we want to avoid dull, .Ius
treless hair.
Many women keep their
wave in place curing the night
by wearing some sort Of tiQ n,
fi1,ing cap to bed. THIS pre-
vents the scalp from coming
in cJntact with fresh air
restricts the circulation Of
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the blood. and therefore il
binders the action Of t b
organs in the scalp that con
troll the growth Of hair.
Instead of wearing a cap
which completely cuts off air
circulation, try keeping your
marcel in place by wearing a
hairnet when you go to bed.
For this purpose, you can get
a net wi t h strong coarse
strands that viii hold the
hair in place just as well as
a cap, and still permit the
scalp to 3D. eatbe'. Keeping
the scalp healthy, and ta-
hing precautions to prevent
thinning of the hair. is far
more important than t. b e
slight extra cost of the hair
net.
A good, thorough brushin G
at regular intervals. using
the meth d | m going to give
you, is very important i n
keepir & the scalp and hair
healthy. 1t also polishes the
hair, givingit a smooth. CLOS
sy texture.
If you sre one of those for
tupate women who.:can trUsh
the hair frequently without
ruinirg a ma Gel, by all me-
ans brush the, hair freque ntly
without ruiping a marcel. y
all means brush t b e hair
thoroughly at least twice a
week, and every day if pos
slbie. In most ca. es. how
ever. too vigorous brushing
will damage the wave an d
necessita'e an extra trip to
the hslrdresser.
Continued on page 8
The Arizona gleam., 1936-06-13
"Coughs Up"
$lI

Buffalo, NY. Robert
Ford "coughed up" a ten and
a one dollar bill which be
had swallowed when attacked
by a robber. Ford was being
treated for skull fracture
inflicted by his assailant.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-06-13

listers, educators and editors
to interpret life for him and
to tell him his own story The
address was signed by thir-
teen bishops.
The Washington times., 1936-02-08
Metal Markets

NEW YORK, Feb. 8 (IN.s.).-Copper
buying abroad today is in good volume,
with price equivalent to $50 cents q
pound elf. European base ports. This
compares with yesterdays price Of s.75
cents.
Domestic copper markets are moder-
ately active, with Frice firm and un-
changed at 9.25 cents a pound. There is
talk around that copper prices will be
higher before the end of the quarter.
There will have to be considerable i'm
provement in daily sales to make such .
move likly. Sales for the month SO
far amount to about 13.642,O00 pounds.
Domestic lead markets continue ac-
tive according to leading sellers, with
prices unchanged at 450 cents q pound
New York and ABS cents East Ct. Louis.
Domestic zinc markets continue moder-
ately active and leading sellers quote
prime western firm and unchanged at
4.S5 cents q pound East st. Louis, de-
spite rumors that metal has been offered
at slightly lower prices.
The Washington times., 1936-02-08
Money Market

NEW YORK. Feb. 8 T.N.s.),-Call
monye rates were renewed at Y of 1
per cent on the stock exchange today
ana at N per cent on the curb
exchange. Outside rates were also un-
changed at the recent advanced rate
of y Of 1 per cent.
Time rates were firm at a flat rate
Of per cent on maturities up to six
months
Commercial paper continued active
with rates unchanged at y OF Per
Bankers acceptance rates were nom
inal ana unchanged at y to sis pen
cent for 80. 90 and 90 days; 3-le to 4
per cent 6OF $50 and 1sO dayG
The Washington times., 1936-02-08


employers club to give relief to employesO
Hs did not want the Government compel such action
however but wanted voluntary" action The operators
should he thinks be encouraged agree to Stabilize"
wages hours etc. The legal ban such agreements should
be removed.
He stressed the idea that Federal regulation Of the
industry impossible because the thousands of different
companies each having different problems requires
exibity and allowance for differences than general
Government rules provide.
In fact the doctor referred Government regulation as
"sraitjacket."
AS it. all this is either insncere or il-advised
The mill operators undoubtedly have the usual employers
interest in labor and Naturally however they know
that they cooperate" in fixing wages hours they will
also have to cooperate" in fixing prices output These
latter matters what they really desire to cooperate about
They want voluntary agreements they know that
If the Government steps in the politicians will be
cened about the aborers who have the votes than about the
employers profits
They should know that if diverse complicated conditions
In the industry make Government regulation impossible the
same conditions make voluntary agreement the
tors impossible Only powerful trus" could enforce anv gen.
era rules and that would be much traitacke as Gov
eminent control would be
lam Of the opinion that going have business each
business must his business And it clear
that this means that business compete.
IF business keep up this planning and schemng get
together and avoid competition by doing what THEY CALL
stabng" cooperating" they bound to run them
selves out Of business.
The sooner they learn that this country will not tolerate
monopoly prcexng and pooling better them Surely
they that if there any monopoly and price
fixing at ALL will Insist that it be done by the Government
Competition is than the life Of trade is the life of
business and the capta1sice system -; e-' |-' ~
We got rid of NRA WE'LL don't any back-door pri-
J. vate NRAs.
Competition would do much to brbng real and
business recovery For example, it the best eliminate
the inefficient highcost producers believe that it is the
only to get the lowest prices possible the time
allowing reasonable profit to the producers who needed
by Certainly, it is the only way find what
reasonable profit is.
Economies shows that the only real social cooperation
through competition.
In short competition can't work. business can't work. and
will be driven to political control If business won't
struggle for survival-they won't survive
Let's quit this bunk about cooperation and stabzaton
and down TO Tbusiness"
The Washington times., 1936-02-08
Pittsburgh Livestock

PITTSBURGH. Feb. (I.N.s).-HoEs:
Receipts $50 including $50 directs;
SfO.7S0 II; lights. 5000 o II; Mgh3
lights, S1O,Go011; packing OOwS. 47.So0
csssisERsceipts 3ss Iusluding ISs
diPOotsS aominGA
The Washington times., 1936-02-08
" NTTvv Am Of the Opinion That II
"A III X " o We Are to Have Business Each
A41AxNA Il Business Man Must Run Own
By LEWIS HANEY

Professor Of Economcs New York University
former economist Dr. T. Murchson recently appeared
efore the House subcommittee labor He appeared
egdent of the Cotton.Texte Institute The why
The Washington times., 1936-02-08

heSGappeared was to advocate letting down
the bars of our antitrust laws so that the
cotton mill operators who employ him can
get together and restrain trade.
He advocated legalizing agreements, at
least in his industry, designed to "stabilize" "
conditions
Or. Murchison appeared to be primarily
concerned about the wages and working con-
ditions of labor. He emphasized the desire
Of the mill operators to cooperate" with
the Government in relieving distress among
their employees Gone might get the impress