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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-16
Bic Game Slated
Friday Evening

The White BlutfS cagerS made 1t
three out of four last Friday night
when they took the RivervieW high
school team into camp. The local
boys were somewhat the underdogs
in this tilt as the Riverview outfit
had previously beaten the Benton
City team by a count of 24-5. This
impressive win, coupled with the
fact that Benton City had turned
back the local quint to the tune
of 24-14, did not make the outlook
very encouraging.
The local boys went to Hover with
the idea of winning and staying in
the top spot of the division. Start
ing out slowly, the White Bluffs
hoopers worked the ball in position
very carefully, but failed to make
their shots count in the scorebook.
Their defense was the best displayed
by any quintet this year, only two
earned baskets being scored against
them during the whole game. Due
to the inability of the White Bluffs
team to make their shots click, the
final score was 15-12 in game that
had ended 6-3 ia the first half.
The girls game was another story.
The Riverview girls had a fast team,
with good pass work, and scored an
easy victory over the White Bluffs
girls, 24-4.
/ Friday evening, the crucial game
of the conference will be played in
the Hanford gym between Hanford
and White Bluffs. A victory for
White Bluffs will just about cinch
their position in first place, while a
victory of Hanford will tie the two
local teams, along with Benton
City, in a knot for the lead.
While White Bluffs defeated Han
ford in their first game of the sea-
son, the Hanf0rd cagers are favored
to win Fridays game, having de-
feated White Bluffs in several prac-
tice games, and having run up i'm
pressive scores in other games. Han
ford drew a bye in the conference
schedule last week, but was not idle,
meeting OthellO Friday night and
playing both Kennewick and Pasco
during the week.
One of the largest scores ever
tailed was marked up by Hanford
in their game with Othello, the final
score being rs to q. Saturday eve
ming the White Bluffs team met
Othello, scoring AN easy victory with
the second team in the game most
of the time, the score being 20-9.
Conference standings are:
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-16
Euents Of the Week

Friday Basketball game, Han
ford gym, 730.
Saturday--Orthopedic benefit card
party Hanford high school, pm
Wednesday WOnan's club bust
ness meeting.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-16

Harry Foltz and Mr. Higgins of
Spokane were in the valley Sunday
and Monday.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-16
Maximum Minimum

Precipitation during The week
amounted to GA of an inch on the
9th, ,35 of an inch on the 10th and
04 on the 18th.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-16

the communities are faced with the
necessity of special school district
elections before the land on which
the projects are to be constructed
can be decided to the county
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-01-09
Save The Children
Fund Committee
To Meet Friday

A Save the Children organization
is being sponsored in the county by
the efforts of Rev. and Mrs. F. P.
Cook, of Lansing, who have been
working with the fund for some
time within their district. Now that
the organization is to be county
wide and mathematician, a
committee of outstanding men and
women in each community is being
named and the committee will hold
it first meeting at the school build
ing in Jefferson Friday afternoon at
three-thirty o'clock.
William Hedrick, formerly direc-
tor of welfare in Tennessee and
now field administrator of the Save
the Children Fund of America has
been asked to be present and ex-
plain the purpose of the work.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-01-09
Raglan And Nye
Prepare For Foreign
Service As Marines
Savannah Offices OF u. S. Marines
Reports 20 Vacancies For
Month Of January

Kemp B. Nye, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fernando C. Nye, of Grassy Creek,
and Vernon ): S.. Ragan, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Wade H. Ragan, of Todd,
who were accepted for enlistment
in the U. S. Marine Corps in Octo-
Der, 1885, have completed the basic
training course at Paris Island, S.
c., and have been transferred to
the Marine Barracks, Naval Operat-
ing Base, Norfolk, Va, for futher
transfer to the Asiatic Station, for
duty, it is announced by Major c.
E. Nutting, Officer in Charge of
Marine Corps recruiting activities
in this territory with Offices in the
Post Office Building, Savannah, Ga.
Foreign service is popular
choice as it offers varied life full
of new experiences. Marines are
serving on the Asiatic Station in
Guam, the Philippines, with the
Fourth Regiment at Shanghai,
China, at the American Embassy,
Peiping, and on the ships of the
Asiatic Fleet. It is their duty to
protect American lives and proper
ty when conditions threaten in the
Far East. It is important and exact
ting duty and only the best men are
selected for this assignment.
Privates Nye and Raglan left for
their new station on December %.
The Savannah office has twenty
vacancies for the month of January,
Major Nutting stated. Applications
will be mailed to high school grad
yates upon request.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-01-09
Rufus NJ. Richardson
Buried At Cranberry
Esadiag Citizen In Community OF
.FurcheS Stricken With Stroke
Of Paralysis Last Week

Rufus Mitchell Richardson, aged
IA, died at his home near Furches
Thursday, Jan. 2, after having been
i'll only a few days. He suffered
from a stroke of paralysis. Funeral
services were held Monday at
Cranberry church and interment
followed in the Cranberry ceme-
terry. Elders Kilby and Williams
were in charge of the services.
Mr.. Richardson was leading
citizen in his community and was
the father of a large family who
have made good and useful citizens
in their respective sections. Mr..
Richardson was a son of the late
Canady and Sara Cox Richardson.
He was married to Amanda Jones
in his early manhood. She was the
mother of his children. She died
several years ago. He was then
married to Mile Miller Cox, who
survives him. The following chill
dren also SURVIVES: Fred Richard.
son, Carrie Jones, Ida Shepherd,
and Linda and. 1zetta, who married
in western states. Mrs. George
Woodie and Mrs. Paul Taylor,
daughters, preceded him in death.
One sister, Mrs: Jennie Warden,
survives.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-01-09
Tobacco GrOIUerS To
Sign NelU Contract
For 1886 Program
County Chairman J. r. Phipps To
Meet Farmers At Court
house Jan. 1918

All hurley tobacco growers who
have signed tobacco contracts prior
TO this date will have, to resign il
their. contracts are continued. The
blanks are now in the hands of J.
r.. Phipps who is chairman OF the
County Control Committee and as
soon as they can be prepared will
be ready for signing.
All growers who have not previ-
ously signed a contract are request
ed to present their bills or sales
slips to the county chairman so that
an allotment can be worked out for
each farmer in the county who is
eligible to be placed under contract.
This should be done whether the
operator desires to sign contract
or not.
M. Phipps will be at the court
house in jefferson Monday, Wed
nesday and Saturday, Jan. 18TH,
18th, and 18th. from ten o'clock un-
til two o'clock. He urgently re-
quests any and all growers who
wish to sign the new 1936-1939 con-
tract to meet at the time and place
above mentioned.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-01-09
PROSPECTS ARE
BRIGHT FOR 500
ASHE ROAD JOBS
Major Fletcher Confers With Hash
In Jefferson As To Parkway
Employment Problem

At present prospects are bright
for employing from five to six hun-
dred men from the county on vari-
Gus links of the parkway.
Major Arthur Fletcher, state
head of the employment Office, and
Mr.. Dodge, former member of the
State Highway Commission, were
in Jefferson last week comforting
with ]. 3. Hash, Of the district en-
rployment, office. Efforts are being
made to.work out satisfactory adj
justment: of; hour and wage sclied-
ule between The contractors and the
employment Offices. The contractors.
it is understood, want two five-hour
shifts This at the rate of 80 cents
an. hour would be only one dollar
and half per. day for the workers.
That price is. satisfactory unless the
worker lives several miles from the
job. In that event. the hours would
not. be. long enough to hardly pay
for the trip to and fro. A clause in
the road contract reads that the
men needed for week must appear
within 48 hours or the contractor
may hire Whomsoever he pleases.
Due to the time it takes to notify
some Of the men who need work
mosty4s hours does not seem long
enough time to do so in this county
of poor country roads and no tele-
phones.
These are some of the problems
that Major Fletcher and Mr.. Hash
are planning to smoothe out for the
interests of the men in the county
who need employment.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-01-09
Doughton's Committee Votes
For Cash Payment Of Bonus
3,OOO,OOO War Veterans Would
Benefit; N. c. Would Get
Liberal Share
BILL CALLS FOR $1,000, 900, 900

Congressman +. L. Doughton's
Ways and Means Committee voted
unanimously, Monday, to pay the
100000 U. S. veterans of the
World War their bonus in cash. The
bill viii have a speedy hearing be-
fore both houses of Congress.
Only minor changes were made
in the measure, which would:
Give former soldiers full matur-
ity value Of their adjusted compen-
sation certificates.
Allow those so desiring to hold
their certificates and cancel unpaid
aterest.
Set up no definite method of rails
ing the money for payment, esti-
mated by supporters of the bill at
$1,000. 000, 900 Immediately upon en-
sactment. 80. -. /.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-01-09
Mrs. Vance Miller
Buried Thursday

On Christmas Eve night Mrs.
Vance Miller, of Apple Grove, sue
cumbed to lingering case of tuber-
culosis. She had been sick for a
number Of months-a part Of the
time being spent in hospital. On
Thursday the funeral service was
conducted in the Gillespie PresbJ-
terrain Church, of which she was a
charter member, by her pastor,
Rev. r. H. Stone, and Rev. G. O..
Miller. Intsrment was in a cen1e-
terry overlooking the valley of Little
Horse Creek.
Before her marriage, Mrs. Miller
was Miss Flossie Rotten, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Rotten, Of the
Rich Hill section. Mrs. Miller was
thirty-six years Of age. She is sur
vived by her parents, three sisters,
one brother, her husband-the post
master at Apple Grove, and two
children-Helen and James Miller.
She is neice of DR.. u. G. Jones, of
johnson City, Tenn.
Fine tributes of her sterling
qualities and fine Christian charac-
ter were made at the funeral SER
vice. Until her declining health for
babe it she was a Sunday School
teacher. She was one of the most
beloved women in that section of
the county. Despite the snow and
bitter cold a good congregation at
tended the service.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-01-09
County Fathers
Insure Courthouse
And County Home
First Monday In 1886 Exceptionally
Quiet I'm Jefferson; Weather
Cold and Rainy 2

The Ashe County Board of Com
missioners held their regular meet
ing Monday and begun the new
year by taking out insurance on the
county home and the surrounding
buildings and the courthouse.
A resolution was passed confirm
Ing the law regarding the salary of
the sheriff which was passed during
the last legislature The county. also
sold Is acres of land from the
county farm to 1. " Taylor.
The day was very quiet with few
soeople out. The weather was cold
sand rainy apd the roads were COW
cred with sleet.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-01-09
Jordan Hodgson
y Buried On Buffalo

Jordan Hodgson, who had been
very ill for some time, died at his
home in the Fig community, Sum
day afternoon, and was buried at
Buffalo Tuesday morning with Rev.
T. A. Farmer, officiating. Mr.. Hodg-
son was 81 years old.
The deceased is survived by his
wife, Mary Hodgson, and the fol-
lowing children: Bert, OF Meat
Camp in Watauga county; Tom,
who lives in Oregon; Piper, who is
IN the Veterans Hospital in johnson
city, Tenn; and Mrs. Bessie Gray
beal, of Fig.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-01-09
LINDBERGHS WILL
RETURN TO u. S.

A spokesman for the Morgan
family in Wales, British Isles, re-
lated by marriage to. the Charles
A. Lindberghs, said Saturday the
flier expects to return to the
United States with his family
within about three months.
"There is no question Of them
remaining after the Hauptmann
case is disposed Of and the pub
Iicity dies down." the spokesman
asserted.
It was learned that a Welsh
girl has been engaged as a nurse
for three-year-old JON, only child
Of the famous couple, during
their stay in Wales.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-01-09
LAST OF ToUGHY :
GANG ARRESTED,

The law claimed a victory in 9
race with death in Chicago, OF
Jan. 2, with the capture of Tom
my Touhy, last Of the Terrible
Touhy" gang, repeatedly doomed
by an inc1rable disease.
Palised by his ailment-vari-
otIsly reported as. ,4tnherculosis
and cancer-TOuhy tremblingly
Obeyed when the officers awak-
ened him with the command:
"Come out with your hands up"
He did not even raise his hand
toward the pistol he had near.
For 30 months Touhy had been
sought. Among the many crimes
in which authorities suspected
him of completely was the $685.
600 mail robbery at Charlotte, N.
c., in 1888.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-01-09
OFFICIALS ON TRAIL
OF SAVAGE KILLER

An intensive hunt for an un-
named chiropractor was pressed
in Chicago this week by police
seeking solution of the savage
killing Of DR.. SLIDER G. Peacock,
40, brilliant young child special
ist. -. y
The killer who lured Peacock
from his home Thursday night ON
the pretext he was wanted to
treat sick child did not rest
when he had shot him fatally
through the forehead, but evident
~ had attempted to scalp the vic
tim, also. Nine knife wounds
completely encircling the head
were found.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-01-09

SOLICITOR FROM THIS ).
DISTRICT. ENTERS RACE

DISTRICT. ENTERS RACE
REDsvMLE, JAN. s.-Allen
.Hatcheii Gwyn, solicitor Of this
judicial. district, announced toby
that he'wiil be q candidate in the
June. primaries for. Congress
from this, the fifth district, Do
succeed Frank w. Hancock; in
cumbent. =:
This announcement comes some.
what as. a surprise inasmuch as Il
had been reported that Solicitor
Gwyn would not throw his hat
into the ring" unless Congress
man. Hancock contested with
Josiah w. Bailey for the senator
ial honor.
Solicitor Gwyn,,thongh a young
man, has been in the. public eye
for several years, having served
as solicitor Of the county couEt,
and other public offices Of trust.
He has streng: following i'm Rock
ingham and :Caswell,. his native
county, as well as other: counties
throughout this district. He is 2
tireless worker and a fluent
orator. 49,.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-01-09
Alec Miller Buried
On Meadow Greek

Alec Miller, aged Sc, was buried
on Meadow Creek Thursday with
Reverends H. M. Winkler and Joe
Green officiating.
MIR. Miller had been ill for about
six years. He is survived by the fol-
lowing children: Riley, of Toliver;
Tom, Of Meadow Creek; Mrs. Ruth
Greer and Mrs. Walter Parsons, Of
Meadow Creek, and one other
daughter whose name wasn't learned.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-01-09
Frank Porter Raises
Record Tobacco Crop

Frank Porter, Of the Helton com.
munity, has raised a record crop Of
tobacco, according to a statement
given news reporter on the first
Monday.
Mr.. Porter says that he raised
1,O44 pounds Of tobacco on one-ha6
acre of land. He sent a sample OF
the soil to government experi-
mental station and had it analyized
for the proper kind and amount Of
fertilizer to use. He states that he
used about 500 pounds of fertilizer.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-01-09
City Aldermen To
Decide On Sunday :
Movies This Month

The aldermen of this city have
promised to hand down decision
during this month on Sunday pie
ture shows, a question on which the
public was asked to vote during the
month of December.
J. L. Farnsworth, owner of the
Jeffersonian Theatre, appeared be-
fore the aldermen at their meeting
of last week and laid his side of the
matter before them, giving them at
the same time the figures of the
recent voting.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-01-09
Mrs. Quincy Baker
Heads ERE Schools

Mrs. Quincy Baker, of Warrens.
vile, who has recently been app
pointed to head the ERE schools in
the county, began work last week
and around fifteen schools were
started. Mrs. Baker assumes the
work that was carried on last year
by Mrs. J. Clyde Kelly.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-01-09
Supreme Court Holds j.
AAA Unconstitutional
Administration Will Hunt For
Substitute; State To Feel
Effects OF DECISION
PROCESS TAX rs STOPPED

Lie supreme NOuTL smashed the
Roosevelt farn-aid program Mon
day with an uncompromising opin-
ion throwing other major New Deal
laws into question.
Administration leaders, stunned
by the 6 to 3 decision, with held i'm
mediate comment. President Roose-
welt called major advisors into a
hurried White House conference.
Justice Roberts read the views of
the court majority killing the entire
agricultural adjustment act as
invalidating the "reserving rights of
States" and beyond the powers
delegated to the Federal govern
ment."
Under AAA, $1,127, 100000 has
been paid farmers since 1888 for
reducing crops under a national
plan intended to raise farm income.
In vehement dissent, Justices
Brandeis, Stone, and Cardozo as
serted that courts are not the only
agency of government that must be
assumed to have the capacity to
govern"
No State will feel more seriously
than North Carolina the effects of
the decision. This is because bene-
fits paid to farmers in the State
since the AAA began to function in
May, 1888, have amounted to ST.
100000 a month, and on the other
hand textile and tobacco factories
have paid into the Federal Golfers
far in excess of this amount. For
example, from January l, to No
vember 80, of last year., farmers
were paid a total of $13,937 200,
while textile mills, tobacco factories
and other mills and factories have
paid into the treasury in this period
$22,910,784, which went to admins
trative purposes and payments to
farmers. Cotton farmers alone, from
January l, to December l, were
paid $4,285, 538, while textile mills
paid processing taxes in the sum of
$1O,58O,2 56 under the AAA.
With the possibilities Of the thou
sands of suits to recover processing
taxes provided the professor can
establish that the tax was passed
onto the consumer in prospect, Tar
Heel members realized the grave
import of the decision Of the court,
which is taken as, wiping out every
phase of the AAA.
The treasury announced the
blanket suspension Of all collections
of taxes and payments under the
AAA.
After a three hour discussion
with counsel. the department issued
the following statement:
'sNo further steps will be taken
for the collection of processing
taxes, new or old:
"For the present no checks will
be issued for benefit or rental pay
ments, or refunds, or for admins.
trative purposes"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-01-09
Ella Man To Be In
County January IA

]. W. Bolich, of the Federal
Housing Administration, will be at
Che Parker Tie Company on Tues
av, Jan. IA, for the purpose OF
discussing any problems the public
& interested in concerning federal
housing loans.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-01-09

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-15
ventor.y are as follows:

ventory are as follows:
Ten shares, American and Foreign
Power Co.. SIS; S shares. American
and Foreign Power Co., (pfd)
$253.75; 10 shares, American seat-
ing Co.. $3.50; 40 shares, American
Telephone and Telegraph sS,795.50;
S shares, Arnold Constable Corp.
$68.75; 20 shares, Bendix Aviation
Corp, $6l260; 10 shares, Briggs Mfg
Co., 1903. IS; S shares, Calumet and
Hecla Consolidated Copper Co.,
common $55.75: IS shares Chemical
Bank 81 Trust Co., Of New York,
$1,587.50; 20 shares Chesapeake and
Ohio r. r., common $1,522.50; S
shares, Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Paul
and Pacific r. r. pfd., $2l.88; 80
shares, Connecticut Gas and Coke
Securities Co., pfd., $l,545: 80 shares
Connecticut Light g. Power co.
1880; 20 shares, Consolidated Edi-
son Co., of N. Y, $2,l50; 10 share:
Continental Motors Corp, $3.50;
shares Continental Oil Co., com.
$l72.5O; 5 shares, Eastman Kodak
Co., 1875; 1920 shares, Ellington
Schild Co.. $3.50; S shares, Electric
Power and Light Corp, pfd.. $685.. ID;
Pcston Il 21a2s. 10 shares. Hartford
Ttre Insurance Co S745
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-15

States to Argentina, honors going to
the little 1,s50-ton Phelps which
sped from New York to Buenos
Aires In IL days, i've days less than
the time required by the fastest
passenger chips to cover the route.
As far Is weather was concerned
the luck that attends Mr.. Roosevelt
on his campaign tours held good
down and back. Only one day was
there O rough sea and that was not
sum lent to cause discomfort.
Thousands Of Charleston citizens
turned out this morning despite the
early hour 70 welcome the president
home. They gave him a rousing re-
ception as he drove through the
streets to the railroad station.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-15
HEALTH DEPT. IS
AFTER new HOME

Hartford, Conn., Dec. 1S--(UP)--
A proposal Of the State Health de-
partment for few quarters was con-
tanned today In the annual report
of State Health Commissioner STAN
ley II. Osborn TO Gov. Cross.
It was recommended that q new
building mbe constructed near the
present state office building. where
the offices now are located, In view
Of the needed expansion Of the de-
partment.
The report also suggested the en-.
largement Of the health stan TO In.
clude q sanitary engineer. 9 physi-
clan In the Bureau Of Preventable
Diseases and physician 70 devote
full time TO the problem Of serum
treatment In labor pneumonia.
4 physician and nurse. the COM
missioner reported. are needed IN
- VDneBal disease bureau.
He proposed q bill be introduced
IN the legislature calling for state
wide inspection oe native meat.