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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27
White Top News

Mr.. and Mrs. Dewie Farmer from
Park, Va, Mr.. Wilson Davis, of Mud
Creek, and Dale Atwood, were din
ner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Farmer, Sunday.
Miss 10 Anne Farmer visited Miss
Omagene Cox, Sunday.
Mr.. Dale Atwood and Mr.. Ralph
Perry made business trip to the
White Top Gap Saturday.
Miss Ethel Perry visited with
Mrs. Frank Farmer and Mrs. Jesse
Cox last Wednesday.
Mr.. Onnie Hart moved last week
to the Hall place, near Whitetop,
Va.
A revival meeting began Satur-
day night at pleasant Hill Baptist
Church with Rev. Mr.. Howell and
Frank Hall in charge.
Mr.. Arthur Hart, who has been
working at Firecoal, w. Va, is at
home for a while.
Mrs. Pearl Wiles and Martha
Blevins left Sunday to visit Mrs. B.
F. Kilby and Mrs. Walter JONES, of
Hemlock.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27
SPARTA NEWS

Leonard Roupe drove down from
Asheville to spend the week end
with his father and mother, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. N. Roupe.
J. N. JONES and Robert Fender
are at home from Winston Salem to
spend some time.
A. B. Richardson has recovered
sufficiently from a recent operation
to be back at his work with the
Castevens Motor Co.
Atty. Sidney Gambill has been
appointed as clerk to the Ways and
Means Committee in Washington
and has gone there to perform his
duties.
Robert Gambill has moved here
to practice law with Gov. Doughton.
John Reeves, of West Jefferson,
was visitor in Sparta Monday.
Mrs. Hood Fowler, of Winston,
spent the week end with her moth,
er, Mrs. Lura Hacker in Sparta.
Page Higgins, of Asheville, spent
the week end with his parents Mr..
and Mrs. J. A. Higgins.
Rev. r. L. Berry and son have
been confined to their beds with flu
but have improved until they are
able to be on the streets again.
Mrs. w. B. Waddell has gone to
Cleveland, Ohio, where her hus-
band has position. They expect to
remain there indefinitely.
Miss Wilma Grouse has been en-
ployed as stenographer for R. F.
Grouse to fill the vacancy left by
Mrs, w. B. Waddell.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27
Katherine Duncan
Bridge Club Hostess

Mrs. Katherine Duncan was hos
tess to the Saturday afternoon
bridge club last week when she en-
tertained in the apartment of her
cousin, Mrs. Russell Barr, of this
city.
At the conclusion of the after
noon, it was found that Mrs. w. C.
Thomas was holder of the high
score and she was awarded a set of
wall PLAQUES. Mrs. T. c. Bowie,
who won second high score, was
given a table crumber.
A salad course of pineapple and
cream cheese was served with tea
and post toastie macaroons.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27
Baseball Hero
Duplicates George
W0shingtOn's Feat

Duplicating George Washington's
legendary feat, Walter Johnson, the
former strike-out champion of base
ball three a silver dollar across the
Rappahannock river at Fredericks-
burg, Va, to the accompaniment of
cheers from the crowd of onlookers.
The official throw cleared the furth-
er bank of the river by 80 feet for
a total distance of 317 feet. Rep. Sol
Bloom of New York offered 10 to 1
odds Johnson could not do it. The
bets were called off in the end, thus
saving him 100000.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27
A-YeGr-OLd Girl
Kills Mother And
POisOns Family


A 14-year-old country girl who
lives near Hamlin, w. Va, awaited
in Jail cell Sunday the death or
recovery of her father who is criti-
cally i'll from poison officers say she
mixed into flour to kill her mother.
The pretty eighth grade pupil,
Gladys Dillon, is charged with
poisoning seven members of her
family because the girl was refused
permission to visit her sweetheart.
Prosecutor w. F. Damron said
the girl confessed, and quoted her:
II only meant to kill mama. She
was mean to me-"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27

The Second Quarterly Conference
for the Jefferson Charge will be
held at Bethany Methodist Church
next Sunday night, March 1, at z
o'clock Rev. A. c. Gibbs of Mount
Airy will preach and preside over
the conference.
Mrs. Ruth Roland and Prof. John
Donnelley spent the week end visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Donnelley
at Chapel Hill.
Mr.. Jack Rhodes, of the Rhodes
Furniture Store, has been ill for
the past week.
Mrs. B. E. Reeves, who has been
ill with influenza, is improving.
Mrs. D. A. Sells and children
spent the last week with Mrs.
Sells's parents in Galax, Va. Mr..
Sells visited in Galax Sunday and
brought his family home.
Miss Irene Gambill has returned
home after spending some time in
the hospital at Lincolnton.
Reports from the Wilkes Hospital
are that Tom Price, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. A. Price, is continuing to
improve from a recent serious ILL
ness and operation.
Mr.. A. Karl Mack, of Lynchburg,
Va, spent Thursday night as the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. P. G. Wright.
Miss Virginia Ashley, R. NJ, who
has been employed in the city re-
turned to her home at Grassy Creek
the first of the week.
Rev. G. R. Stafford, Methodist
minister of the Jefferson charge,
has been ill with influenza but is
recovering.
Mr.. J. H. Smithey, of Crumpler,
was in the city Tuesday and report
ed that he was having some plow-
ing done in spite of the widespread
belief that it was too wet to pillow.
Mr.. Pearl Miller, merchant of
Glendale Springs, was a business
visitor in the city Monday.
Mr.. Frank Miller, of Clifton, was
a business visitor in Jefferson, Tues
day.
Little Sonny" Farnsworth, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Farnsworth,
has been very ill with pneumonia
but is somewhat improved.
Members of the Woman's Club
are urged to attend the meeting on
Friday in the public library in
West Jefferson. The care and cult
walton of flowers and vegetables
will be discussed by various men,
bers.
Little Billy Coward, son of Mr..
and Mrs. R. w. Coward, is improv-
ing from recent illness.
Mr.. J. r. Latham, who lives in
Colorado, is visiting relatives in the
county for the first time in Is years.
Mrs. B. c. Taylor and son,
George, of Mt. Holly, attended the
funeral of little Mary Sue Coward
which was held in this city Sunday.
Mrs. Jones Waddell, of Scottville,
and daughter, Mrs. Foster Hacker,
of Sparta, were in the city shopping
this week.
Mrs. Ted Starbuck and Mrs. J. M.
Cheek, of Sparta, visited in the
Jeffersons Wednesday.
Miss Ruth McNeill has been
transferred from her recent WPA
work in Winston-Salem to work in
this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Coward, of
North Wilkesboro, are spending
several days with Mr.. and Mrs. w.
D. Mcmillan.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27
L O C. A L S

Mrs. R. B. Jackson has returned
home after spending week with
relatives in High Point.
Mrs. Russell Barr has been ill
with larangytis for the past few
days.
Mrs. Felix Barr has returned
from visit to her sister, Mrs.
Sheets, who is very ill in Wilkes
county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coleman Payne and
family and Mr.. Hayes Wellborn
spent Sunday with DR.. and Mrs. A.
B. GRAPHICAL in Marion, Va, visiting
Mr.. Payne's mother, Mrs. J. M.
Payne.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. N. Tulbert visited
in Sparta Sunday.
Mrs. J. E. Whitley, of Glendale
Springs, was shopping in the city
this week.
Miss Basom, who has been in
charge of the Episcopalian Mission
House at Glendale Springs for some
time, has given up her work there
and has gone to Vale Crucis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Hunt have TAX
en- charge of the Bare's Fair Store
in this city. Mr.. Hunt is a former
resident of the county but he has
made his home in New York City
for the past four or five years. Mr.
Bare will give his time in the fu-
ture to his store in North Wilkes
boro.
Mrs. Boyd Richardson, local bust
ness woman, is ill with influenza.
Mr.. Ralph Goss, son of MIR. and
Mrs. C. L. Goss of Lansing, is visit
his parents for few days while he
recouperates from an accident sus-
tanned while working with rail-
road company in Central Park, Ore
gon. Mr.. Goss reports that the snow
was four and one-half feet deep
when he left Oregon last week.
Mr.. Joe Neal is planning to visit
his father, J. F. Neal, in Johnson
City, Tenn, this week.
Prof. w. E. Eller, of the River
view High School, was in the city
last week in the interest of getting
the roads to his school worked on.
According to Mr.. Eller, travel over
the river road is next to impossible.
Mr.. C. S. Neal, former Register
of Deeds for the county, is very i'll
at his home in Jefferson.
Mrs. Sam Digs is suffering from
an attack of influenza
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Reeves Wis
tied in Boone, Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. F. G. Badger, who is working
at Ashland, w. Va, spent the week
end with his family at Jefferson.
Prof. and Mrs. r. E. L. Plummer,
of Crumpler, were in the city the
first of the week.
Mrs. M. M. Blevins, who fell some
time ago and broke her arm, has
been able to have the cast removed
from the afflicted limb.
The tanks at the old filling station
opposite the courthouse were NOV
ed this week, leaving additional
space on that side of the street.
MIR. and Mrs. Joe Williams and
family spent Sunday visiting MIR.
and Mrs. Buford Brally and Mr.. and
Mrs. J. S. Clark, at Austinville, Va.
First Lieutenant Lardo, of San
Domingo, Haiti, spent the past
week end with Cadet Clyde Barr at
the home of the latter in this city
Both are students at Hargrave Mill
tary Academy.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27

IF YOU want an up-tO-date
spring suit, hat, shoes, ties, and
shirts, pants and socks, you can
get them at mOney-saving prices
if you trade with McNeiIl's,
West Jefferson, N. G.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27
West Jefferson School
9TH Grade Honor Roll

Mrs. c. W. Ray lists the following
names on the honor roll in the 7th
grade at the West Jefferson school
for February:
Edwin Weaver, Aida Gambill,
Thomas Oliver, F. B. Jones, Jr.,
Grace Wyrick, Melba Gambill, Earl
Brown, Virginia Goodman, Hazel
Enopier, Myrtle Jean Wyrick, James
Cook, Irene Huddler.
In a recent fight a mink killed a
cat at Bluefeld, w. Va.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-24
is THE BONUS
I'm THE BAG?

1t appears that the compromise bon
us bill is "in the bag" which means in
sports parlance that it's just about
certain point. Again the bonus became
the national question of the hour, pass
ing both houses of congress, going to the
President only to be returned with
Veto But historical repetition apparently
ceases at this stage of the game because
the house of representatives Friday over
rode the veto hilariously with very little
change in the status. In quick time the
bill returns to the senate which, at the
speed that the bill is taking, may pass
on it at any time 1t seems foregone
conclusion that the senate will follow
the lead of the house and repeat It's
original favoring vote of "a ayes and
16 mays. There was slight change
in the house vote and may be the same
in the senate Doubtless it will be too
small to make important difference, but
veterans had best withhold celebrations
till the final whistle. The bill provides
for the payment of some S2,000,000OOO
to veterans after June 18th, payment to
be in the form of $50 bonds. Apparently
this controversial issue is to be decided
after many years of battle. At long last,
it fades from the list of national issues
EUen those IthO are against the
bonus are busy estimating the amount
of money Uhich the payment OF the
bonus UOuid turn loose in their res
pectiUe communities. Imperial Valley
Ueterans, it is estimated, icOuid receire
SI,3I7 ,697. That's lot of money, es-
pecialIy as ii is met as it Were. Just
h0U much lUOuld be cdshed and spent
is doubtful Probably far more than
half UOuld go into circulation. EUen
anti-bonusers are sOmetchat tempted
to Iceaken at the thought of hOU this
might help their business.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-24
Other Editors Say
AGREEMENT-WITH A DIFFERENCE
fFrnm The Christian Science Monitorl

To disagree is sometimes to agree, and to
agree may be to disagree. Which paradox is best
explained by comparing the views of two Ameri-
can statesmen on the rights of neutrals when
war threatens
THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary of State, 1901:
War between two nations cannot diminish
the rights of the rest Of the world remaining
at peace Shall two nations turning tigers,
break UP in one instant the peaceable rela-
lions of the whole world? Reason and nature
clearly pronounce that the neutral is TO GO on
in the enjoyment of all its rights, that its COM
merce remains free. not subject to the jurisdic-
ton of another, nor consequently its vessels to
search or to inquiries whether their contents
are the property of enemy, or are OF those
which have been called contraband of war
CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. 1895:
Armed conflict in any part of the world
cannot but have undesirable and adverse effects
in every part of the world All nations have the
right to ask that any and all issues between
whatsoever nations be resolved by pacific means.
Every nation has the right to ask that
lions subject it and other nations TO the hazards
and uncertainties that must inevitably accrue
to all from resort to arms by any two.
There is a curious sort of agreement here.
jefferson felt and Mr.. Hull feels, that no bellig
erent nation or nations have the right to incon-
venience and endanger other nations through
policies of war Only between Jefferson and Mr..
Hull stretch 135 years of lesson-packed history,
SO that where the one would in wartime demand
for his nation the right TO trade even in war
supplies without interference, the other would
assert his nations and all nations rights to-
trade in a world free from war.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-24
BY LESLIE EICHEL
central Press Staff writer

lGenlIdl EItSo obdlA NAiANAt
NEW YORK,-Norman Thomas
twice Socialist candidate for presi-
dent of the United States. is the
keenest observer Of politics this
writer knows. Since Thomas real
ICES he cannot be elected, he util-
ICES his speaking tours throughout
the nation to gather facts, to dig
beneath the surface. And since he
probably has the broadest intelli-
gence OF any man in American
political life, coupled with a strong
sense of justice, his views often
forecast trends long before they
are observable to the jaundiced
political eye.
Thomas is nc politician. Thomas
is a humanist, an intellectual, one
who shrinks from excuses OF pow
er. His faith in the development
of all peoples through education
remains mistaken. The Comfnun-
lists have ridiculed his willingness
to wait They have been hammer
ing at him necessarily, which may
spell his doom. They are for an
immediate united 'front.', rather
than in a concentration camp
later"
But Thomas, an Ohioan, a grad
uate of Princeton and of Union
Theological seminary, an ordained
minister, has a thorough faith that
knowledge will save the day for the
Americans. At times it seems a
grim faith, as new demagogues or
fanciful schemes arise, but it is an
enduring faith. He probably will
not live to see the day.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-24

NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-ThoughtS
while strolling: Swell for cusSleSS
expletive: Dashiell Hammett! And
a grand description of Joe Louis by
Bill Corum: Fighting is the only
gag he knows" Burns Mantle has
the innocent expression of school
boy. After 20 years first nighting,
too.
A turner of heads on the avenue:
Larry Tibbett. Story going around:
Will Rogers refused $4,000 to en-
dorse a certain chewing gum 1t
was the one brand he didn't like.
Lenox Lohr, new N.B.C. head, is a
ringer for Leon Enrol. What became
of the Normandie? Study in state
illness: Constance Collier.
Radio voices that seem tired: Bling
CroSby's and Martin DoWney'S For
the Look the Same Is Years Ago
Club: George Jean. Nathan. Among
minor arts: The breast pocket hand
kerchief display by Billy Gaxton.
Walter Lippmann writes column
when he feels like it. And generally
rings the bell.
Add apple checkers: Arthur Hop
kins, Zoe Beckley and Percy Ham
mond. Not many women speak their
mind so capably as Dorothy Thomp-
son. Glory hole for autographists:
Lindy's. Only thing in New York
that hasn't changed in my time
Hotel Lafayette. Naivette; Martha
Dean often bushes, broadcasting.
High hat of the dead pans: Car
DIM. Pleasantly named peak
Brandywine Summit, Pa. Memory.
Grandma's yearly visitor from New
York, the frock-coated travelling OPP
tician And peeking at him with
the hired girl from the kitchen. Be
fun to see Robert E. Sherwood in
Scotch kits.
90
One of the now lonely survivors
points to the Grim Reaper's devast-
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-24
EDITOR, POST-PRESS
DEAD CID.

DEAR SIR:
Doesn't it seem that the selection of a tenn
porary location for the library could be speeded
up?
OF course, 1 speak from the standpoint Of one
of the most consistent borrowers from the IL
brary, and TO say miss the books habitually
taken cut weekly. is putting it mildly indeed. I
feel sure that I am only one of the many to
whom reading is the main recreation, and to be
unable to get the books our library SO amply pro-
vdes, is almost tragedy.
I believe, too, that more consideration should
be shown to the Librarians who have SO cheer
fully and faithfully given us so much service
over a number of years Three weeks seems
trifle too long to expect them to perform their
duties in the open air, don't you think?
MRS. G. r. CLARK.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-24
News
behind the neuS
\; WET AND DRY ......
\ MRS. PRESIDENT -.
X WOMEN'S VOTES ......
4 DEEP SILENCE =.
Py RnDNEY DJITCEER
By RODNEY BUTCHER

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Republi-
can leaders are considering the pos
sibility that wet-and-dry sentiment
will weigh appreciably in deciding
votes at next November's election.
And Democratic leaders are con-
sidering the possibility that Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt'S personality
will be an issue of some consequence
to a certain class of voters. 1t seems
like a ridiculous idea, but not a few
political diagnoSticians Surmise that
womanhood, to no small extent, will
cast its ballots for or against the
first lady" rather than for or against
her husband.
Prohibition will not be mentioned
at the Republican convention, nor
will Mrs. Roosevelt's personality be
referred to at the Democratic gath
ering. 1t is on election day that the
respective leaderships believe the di-
vergent trendS-dry versus wet; pro-
Mrs. Roosevelt and contra Mrs.
Roosevelt-may manifest themselves
Of course they will be secondary to
the pro and anti" New Deal
trends, but, in the event of a close
New Deal fight, strategists are Of
the opinion that they perhaps will
have quite bit of significance.
Governor Landon's scouts, ques-
tioning Washington politicians con-
corning their candidates chances
have asked, gain and again, will
it be in Alf's favor or contrariwise
that ne is son of the arid state OF
Kansas"
Most prognosticators appear to be-
lieve that his commemorative dry
ness will help more than il will hurt
the sunflower realms governor.
They reason thusly:
"Wets will feel that prohibition
repeal is too young to be reversed
within the administration of a SIN
gle president-even a tWo-termer
Therefore, if they are inclined to
vote for him, they will vote for him
anyway. But drys, still burning
with resentment at repeal with
President Roosavelt's sanction (the
states did the ratifying but Roose-
welt will be blamed by ardent pro-
hibitionists) are likely to rally to a
dry national candidate"
Senator Borah's dry record also
is spoken of, but Borah's record is
so miscellaneous that he doesn't
stand out so sharply as a dry as
does Landon, the Kansan.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-24
Is YEARS AGO
January "a, 1921

A thrilling chase of auto thieves in
the high powered Cadillac car be-
longing to Mayor Casey Abbott of
Calexico by City Marshal Charles l..
Gillette of Holtville resulted in their
apprehension about midway between
Holtville and Yuma, after Marshall
Gillette had almost filled the ton
neau of the car with buckshot, in
endeavoring to persuade the thieves
TO stop the car.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-24
Old Men Call
Bluff And Win!

VIRQUA, Wis, Jan. "a. UP
Two old men entered saloon to-
day, ordered two beers and drank
them, then ordered two more. At
ter reading sign hung over the
bar, they walked out without
paying. The sign, intended as
humor, read, Liberal credit ex-
tended to those 80 years of age
and over when accompanied by
parent" The men were Cur
dar Bjerke, 81, and his son, Nels,
80.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-24
Editorials and Comment
FRIDAY, JANUARY "a. 1896.
WILL STRICTER LAWS
CURB TRAFFIC DEATHS?

A traffic accident last Wednesday
killed three-year old Henry Valley. An
other accident Thursday killed Mike
Dias. 81. Either one of these might have
been your child Their deaths start
the traffic death roll for 1886 for I'M
perial Valley. Others will follow, just
as they follow every year in every town,
county and state in the United States.
During 1885, THERE WERE THIRTY
SIX THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED
TRAFFIC FATALITIES in the forty
eight states, and of these CALIFORNIA
STOOD HIGHEST WITH TWO THOU
SAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINE
TY-NINEi That is a record of which we
cannot be proud. 1t is profoundly iron
ical that during 1885 there were more
elaborate safety campaigns than any
previous year. Apparently safety cam
paigns will not save lives. Only strict
laws, strictly enforced, will do the job.
Railroad engineers, aviators, sea officers,
in fact all operators of other modes OF
transportation of any Importance, are
strictly licensed and recorded. Wrecks
or fatalities for which they are respons-
ible darken their records. Why not apply
the benefits of such a system to the
.motorist? AS individuals we might not
like it, but think of the lives such proce
dure would save True, it would be lot
of work and bother But true, also, is
the fact that we use expensive organiza-
tions to check and license the ownership
of motor cars If half that much energy
and expense went to making drivers pro-
tect their records or stop driving, fatali-
ties would take a startling drop. Ger
tainly human lives are worth as much
as an automobile license Sooner on later
it is coming. Why not now?
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-24
10 YEARS AGO
Jauuary "a. 1926

Work on strengthening and WIDEN
ing the Mountain Springs grade con-
tinues to make considerable progress,
though it was hampered during the
past week to a slight degree because
OF cold weather.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-24
Loo king
3 a C k W ar d
What The Press Files
Tell of Imperial VAL
ley for This Date in
Past Years
90 YEARS AGO
January "a 19lR

One Of the most thrilling episodes
of the tremendous flood which has
just gone by was the experience of
the party of eight surveyors, headed
by Sam Duren, from whom nothing
had been heard for nearly week,
and who, it was feared, had perish
ed in the flood.
The men were making a survey in
the delta south of the Colorado river
at the time the flood was made man.
ifest, and an effort was made inef-
fecually to get warning to them.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-24
LIFE GUARD QUALITIES AT "a

BLAIR, Neb U.P) - The oldest
life guard in the Middle West, Jo-
mas M. Burcham, IA, has received
a renewal of his appointment as
examiner for the American Red
Cross life saving service. He is
credited with saving SO persons.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-24

We're trying to figure out what Al
Smith was always warning happily
about, now that he passed up chance
to enter the White House
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-24
Words of Wisdom

Men, even when alone, tighten
their labors by song, however rude
it may be.-Quintilian.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-01-24
Famous Savings

Justice is the only economic basis for an enduring
social order and no system which does not provide
it can survive. Sherwood Eddy