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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31
Baldwin News

Miss Della Williams, of Konnarock,
Va, spent Christmas with her aunt,
Mrs. NJ c.. Edwards.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose Gentry and
Messrs. Tom and Weaver Gentry, of
Darlington, Md, spent the holidays
with relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Gentry and
Mr.. Worth Gentry visited here
Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs Todd Gentry are the
proud parents of a fine boy, Tony
Hamilton.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Edwards spent
Christmas with Mrs. Edwards Sis
ter, Mrs. Carter Ragan.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31
ASHE COUNTY CLUB AT
BOONE REORGANIZES

Before school was dismissed for
the holidays, the Ashe County Club
met and reorganized for the second
semester. Officers elected were as
follows: president, Thomas GRAPHICAL
vice president, Josephine Robinson;
secretary and treasurer, Eleanor
Baker; Sponsor, Mrs. v. v. McCon-
nell. Miss Madge Gambill and Miss
Mary Brown were elected chairmen
of the social and program COM
mitteeS.
The purpose of the club is to keep
Ashe county on the move at Appa-
lachian State Teachers College. The
next meeting will be in charge of the
new officers.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31
Christmas i'm
County Quiet
Weather Warm But Damp; No
Serious Christmas Fights or
Automobile Wrecks

Christmas in the county was ex-
ceptionally quiet this year. The
weather was warm and damp fol-
lowing a freezing spell with snow
and sleet just prior to the holidays.
No serious fights or car accidents
which usually follow the usual
Christmas drinking were reported.
Even the Horse Creek reporter sends
in this news: Christmas on Horse
Creek was surprising. No one was
hurt that we know Of"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31
Bart Hurley Has
Record Tobacco
Production Here

According to Bart Hurley, Of
Grassy Creek, who was in the city
this week, he raised during the past
season TAP pounds of tobacco on
four-tenths of an acre. The tobacco
sold at $312.15.
Mr.. Hurley further states that he
used no fertilize of any kind in pro-
ducing this tobacco.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31
PLAY at Elkland
New Years Eve

Comm Thro' the Rye, three
act play, will be presented by the
Elkland High School students at the
school gymnasium on New Years
Eve, Thursday, Dec. 81, at 1880
o'clock.
The admission will be fifteen and
twenty-five cents for outsiders and
ten and fifteen cents for school
children.
The play is being presented sec
ond time by popular request.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31
Horse Greek News

Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Gambills
daughter and son-in-law from Vir-
ginia spent Christmas with them.
There is quite a little sickness
around here
]. L. Gilley lost one of his milk
cows few days ago.
The roads in the Horse Creek Sec
ton are very bad. Looks as if they
will soon be impossible.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31
Warrensville News

Mr. and Mrs. w: L. Shoaf, of Nor
folk, Va, spent the holidays with
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Shoaf.
Charline, daughter of Mr.. Luke
Wood, is quite ill with pneumonia.
Miss Fora Shoaf, teacher at Thax-
ton, spent the holidays at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Johnson re-
Gently visited in West Virginia.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31
Daring Kidnaper Takes
Off Ten Year-OId Child
]. B. Hash Leaves
for Raleigh Monday

J. B. Hash, Ashe county represent
alive in the coming General Assem-
bly,, expects to leave for Raleigh
next Monday where he will take up
his duties in the legislature.
Mr.. Hash is no longer stranger in
the legislative halls since he sat in
the special session called the first OF
the month for the passing of the
social security measure.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31
o. r. Neal Named
County Accountant

Q. R. Neal, of Jefferson, has been
recently appointed county account
ant by the new Ashe county board
of commissioners. He succeeds H. H.
Burgess. It is understood that Mr..
Burgess will be in the office for sew
cal weeks, however, in winding up
old matters.
Mr.. Neal has previously served the
county satisfactorily as county ac-
countant.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31
County Merchants
Are Pleased With
Christmas Trade

Ashe county merchants and West
Jefferson merchants in particular
are pleased with the Christmas trad
ing. Saturday and Monday after
Christmas it was almost impossible
to buy even the proverbial shoe
string, so low was the stock in the
various stores. Many merchants re-
port that they lost money by not
laying in a larger stock.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31

Mr.. and Mrs. W. L. Tucker, Mr..
and Mrs. r. w Hardin, Mise Evelyn
McClain, Joephine Robinson, Hazel
Campbell, and Messrs. Arthur Phil
lips and w. M. Burkette were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Speers Christ
mas Day.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31
Office Changes in
Ashe Courthouse

Sheriff w. E. Miller has moved his
office into the regular sheriff's Of
flee at the courthouse and ex-sheriff
Henry Miller has moved into one of
the offices previously occupied by
Bowie and Bowie. The county agent,
Mr.. Rich, has taken the front office
of the former Bowie and Bowie
offices.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31
Miller's Ten-Cent
Store Consolidated

The Miller's Ten-Cent Store that
was recently bought out by Mrs.
Boyd Richardson has been discon-
tinued since Christmas and all the
stock in it carried to richardson
Five and Ten. It is understood that
some other business will soon be
opened in the building vacated.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31

Excuse me, Mr.. Ripley, while ]
tear off one of your Strange as il
seems. saw Herbert Hoover's pic
ture in the paper.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31

Woman shoots pilot while in the
air. To use the Jewish vernacular:
She lead" him down.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31

German sausage will receive &
new coat. The Germans know how
to bark hot dog.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31
NUTS AND
KERNELS
By-
TROY I. JONES
TROY 1. JONES

noticed that the journalistic
world introduced new term "A
man failed to negotiate curve"
noticed that his family negotiated
with an undertaken.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31

Singing mouse broadcasts. Huh, ]
knew there were lot of rats broad
casting.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31

Landon visits Roosevelt at the
White House. Sorter like the niger
that let his gal smell the flowers.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31

There is enough PHOSPHORUS in
the human body to make 100000
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31

around town. The officers did not
do anything about it. They were like
me, afraid to pick them up.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31

Fish proven to be stone deaf. l
knew that some poor fish were
dumb.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31

A road sign:
Don't hug any
thing but the
curves. Oh you,
Mae West, let's
take a ride.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31

In America good wife is worth
about two and a half; but David
Windsor gave up lot Of land for
Wally.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31

matches. Man as
well as the light
ming bug is one
Of n a ture' S
flashes.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31

~ The boys threw
fire cracker S
around town. The officers did not
do anything about it. They were like
me, afraid to pick them up.
Singing mouse broadcasts. Huh, I
knew there were lot of rats broad
casting.
Excuse me, Mr.. Ripley, while I
tear off one of your Strange as it
seems. saw Herbert Hoover's pic
ture in the paper.
German sausage will receive a
new coat. The Germans know how
to bark hot dog.
Woman shoots pilot while in the
air. To use the Jewish vernacular:
She lead" him down.
Landon visits Roosevelt at the
White House. Sorter like the niger
that let his gal smell the flowers.
Fish proven to be stone deaf. /
knew that some poor fish were
dumb.
In America a good wife is worth
about two and a half; but David
Windsor gave up lot Of land for
Wally.
would not call it exactly an act
of abdication. But I did leave the
Harrigan without any Prime Minis
ter having anything to do with it.
: got away faster than little Eddie,
and without body guards. They
could not keep up with me.
4 It has been said that mans ingen-
.ity could invent word to express
IS contempt for any situation; yet
dward stuck to the Kings English.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31

The boys threw
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-31

It has been said that mans ingen-
|,ity could invent word to express
is contempt for any situation; yet
howard stuck to the Kings English.
The Washington times., 1936-07-29
WATER TIGHT
GAMING LAW
SOUGHT
Officials to Confer
Monday in Drive on
Underworld

Determined to find means of
combating the numbers" racket
and other forms of gambling in
the Capital, Commissioner Melvin
C. Hazen today called upon
various officials of the District
Government to confer with him
on the drafting of proposals for
new laws to cover the problem.
The conference, scheduled to
be held in the District Building at
II a. m. on Monday, will include
the Board of Commissioners,
Major Ernest w. Brown, superin-
tendent of police; United States
Attorney Leslie c. Garrett and
Acting Corporation Counsel Yer
non E. West.
"Water-Tight" Law
Purpose of the meeting, 1t was
explained, will be to formulate
"water-tight" regulations which
would be submitted to the next
Congress as suggestions for addi-
lions to the local statutes.
Existing laws, because OF va
rious loopholes, have proved in
effective in many cases when po-
lice have sought to prohibit petty
gambling, authorities explained.
Principal emphasis in Mon
days conference will be laid on
practical methods of obtaining
the arrest and conviction of ner-
sons engaged in any branch Of
the numbers" game, which costs
local citizens hundreds Of thou
sands of dollars annually.
Although several alleged "big-
shot" gamblers, including Sam
Beard have been convicted and
sentenced to jail under present
statutes, difficulty has been en-
countered in dealing with under
world characters engaged in col
lecting fees in the racket"
The Washington times., 1936-07-29
Navy Band Will Play
Concert Tonight

The U. S. Navy Band, Lieut..
Charles Benter, conducting, will
give the following program to-
night at 1880 o'clock at the Navy
Yard Band Stand: March, Sold
iers' Life" (Huttenberger: over.
ture, "Orpheus in the Under
world" (Offenbach) trombone
solo, Thoughts of Love" pryor.
played by Clarence Edwards; tone
poem, ride of the Valkyries"
(Wagner) scenes from La
Tosca" (PuccinD waltz, "zigeun-
erprimas" from "Sari" (Kalman);
suite, Looking Upward" (Sousa):
excerpts from "Erminie" (Jaco.
bowskD; rhapsody, "zipcoonan"
CBellStedt).
The Washington times., 1936-07-29
Radio, Sports
d. &. Convictions
For Traffic
: OffenSeS
Driving While Drunk
Fitzgerald Coleman, 2o2 C st.
S. E., As DAYS,

Driving While Drunk
Fitzgerald Coleman, 202 C St.
S. E., As days.
Leaving After COlliding
Fitzgerald Coleman, 202 C st.
S. E., 40 days 1.-TWO cases..
COlliding
Harold L. Scott. 1886 @ St.
N. w., $50 or 80 days.
Second Offense, Speeding
Thomas G. Schuen, 651 Keifer
Pl. N. w., $40.
First Offense, Speeding
Phillip L. Schwartz, 1949 Bilt-
more st. N. W., $40.
Walter S. Earl, 1921 Georgia
Ave. N. W., $40.
Joseph Rodboro, no address, $40.
Samuel B. Gaines, Virginia, $40.
Daniel Jones, 329 Virginia Ave.
N. E.. $40.
George Jordon, Maryland, $40.
Martin F. Drain, 1854 Monroe
st. N. W., $40.
Owen A. Keys, Virginia, $40.
Bernard Wall, 1870 @ st. N. W.,
SO.
Eltinge Crompton, 1850 Girard
st. N. W., $40.
James w. Jones. 20 Fifteenth
st. N. E., $40.
Charles E. Carey, 632 Sixth st.
N. E., $40.
Charles L. Esper. 1910 H st.
N. W., $40.
John r. Blake, 1882 Taylor St.
N. E., $40.
Charles H. Garrison, SOB Ninth
st. S. E., $40.
Joseph F. Crowley, 149 c st.
N. E., $40.
Ralph F.. Smith, 1920 Penn St.
N. E., $40.
Clarence P. Grover, 304 Rhode
Island Ave. N. W., $40.
Manuel ]. Fountain, 1898
Meade st. N. E., $40.
Samuel o. Carter, Maryland,
$40.
Michael C. Godacks Maryland.
$40.
Henry Thweatt, 3014 Sherman
Ave. N. w., SIS.
Continued on Page Is, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1936-07-29
DEMAND MADE
BY RESIDENTS
ANDV|S|T0RS
Many Letters on Topic
Received by Roberts,
Peoples Counsel

Despite the costly recruiting Of
street car lines in downtown Wash
ington, pressure from both local
residents and visitors continues as
strong as ever for construction Of
subways here.
In making public this fact to-
day, Peoples Counsel William A.
Roberts said that especially from
transients come suggestions for
improving the speed and safety Of
transportation by underground
tubes, whether to be used by exist
ing surface cars or trains of the
New York or Philadelphia type.
Letters from residents of other
cities accustomed to be whSiked
rapidly from place to place in
their own communities, arrive at
the District Building at the
average rate of one every two
days, declared. In almost every
case, a plea that the subject Of
subways for he District be
studied by the authorities is con.
tanned in the letter, he said.
Roberts said there has been
some preliminary study, but that
a serious attempt to determine
the practically Of tube construc.
ton was prevented when the
last Congress refused to appro-
pirate $4,000 for a report on the
subject.
The Washington times., 1936-07-29
INDICTMENTS
RETURNED IN
SAYINGS
First Degree Murder
Charge Holds 2; Man.
slaughter Laid to |

Two peSons were indicted for
first degree murder and a third
for manslaughter in the list of 20
true bills handed down by the
District Grand Jury today to JUS
tice o. r. Luhring.
Lemuel N. Keys, colored, 20, is
charged with the first degree muir
der of Nathaniel B. Banford, also
colored. 25. during an alteration
on June IA. Banford was shot to
death.
Slain With AK
Paul Rolsey, jr., 26, colored, Is
held for the alleged first degree
murder of Walter j. Holt, also
colored, 81. Holt was slain with
an ak said to have been welded
by Dolsey during a brawl in the
First block of Hanover st. N. w.
on June %.
The b manSlaughter indictment
holds Mary Simpson, 20. coloredr
for the death of Anna R. Brown.
also colored. 20, at whom she is
said to have hurled a lighted
lamp last March 8. The alleged
victims clothing caught fire and
she burned. to death.
List Of Indictments
Other indicted and the charges
against them include:
Leroy Burnley. Nathaniel Lewis,
lack Lewis and Richard Brody,
joy-riding; Benjamin Parker,
Anna Miller, Daniel johnson
and Oscar j. Gillian, grand
larceny: James E. Robinson;
John M. Tucker. James H. VIII
son, George w. Kirksey and
Allan Mercer, houSebreaking and
larceny: John S. Wilson and
Sylvia Robinson. receiving stolen
property: Alexandria Brown,
Louise Chisley, Joseph Queen and
Kenneth Crosby. ROBBERY; John
Harris and Willie Davis, assault
with a dangerous weapon, and
Mcpherson Crichton, abortion.
The Grand Jury refused to In
dict George H. Malloy, accused
of HOUSEKEEPING and larceny.
The Washington times., 1936-07-29
Virginian Swallows
Poison; Is Recovering

Paul McCraw, 20, of Rosslyn,
Va, was under observation in
Georgetown University Hospital
today after being treated for
poisoning.
McCraw walked across the Key
Bridge from his home yesterday
and applied for admission to the
hospital, saying he had swallowed
eight tablets of drug, accord
ing to the report made by hos
pital authorities to police. Doc
tors today said that his condi-
ton is not serious.
The Washington times., 1936-07-29
TTN WASHuNGTON'S 90
H. Heroes mBZUp 0
Big Man Okie' Melton Began Police Depart
ment Service Back in Days Of
President Garfield

For almost half a century Rich
ard Dixie Melton served with dis.
tinction on the Metropolitan Po-
lice Department.
big Man Okie," they called him
when he came from his home in
St. Marys county, Maryland, to
join the force back in 1872, and
that continued to be his nickname
for 48 years, until he retired in
1920.
big Man" was a term of affec-
ton by his brother officers, but
members of the underworld called
him that in fear. For his size and
courage made him a big man, and
he went after criminals in hauntS
of the underworld, driving them
from the city.
One of the first policemen to
reach the side of President Gar
field when he was shot in the old
Pennsylvania Railroad Station at
Sixth and B SITS. N. W., big Man"
helped the President into an am
bulance and rode on the rear step
as a guard up to the White House.
The Washington times., 1936-07-29
Republicans TO Meet
Here for Knox Speech

The National Capital Repub-
lican Club has prepared to enter
tain scores of Republicans from
nearby Maryland and Virginia to
hear the radio broadcast of the
acceptance speech of Col. Frank
Knox, Republican Vice Presiden.
tial nominee.
Open house will be held follow.
ing the radio broadcast and hun
dreds of Young Republicans in
the District and neighboring
States will be present.
The Washington times., 1936-07-29
). F. Business Men
Take Outing Today

The eighth annual outing and
picnic of the Southeast Business
Mems Association will be held to-
day at Chapel Point, Md. Trans
portation will be furnished those
members who appear at Eighth st.
and Pennsylvania Ave. S. E., at
9 a. m.
Those wishing to travel by boat
may take the liner Potomac leav.
ing the dock at Water St. and L
SITS. S. w., at the same hour.
The Washington times., 1936-07-29
DRIVER OF TAXI
IS MISSING

Police were searching today for
Charles L. Miller, "A, a taxicab
driver who may have been the
victim of thugs.
A report was telephoned to po-
lice late last night that two col.
ored men had abandoned a taxi.
cab at Tenth Street and Rhode
Island Avenue Northeast, and fled.
A scout car was sent to inveSti-
gate and found a cab registered
to Miller, but no trace of the
driver.
The Washington times., 1936-07-29
Father Asks Police
To Find Missing Girl

Doris Ridgeway, 10, Of 1888
Twentieth st. N. w., has been
missing from her home since Mon.
day, her father, George Ridgeway,
reported to police today.
The missing girl is described as
6 feet y inch tall, weighs $50
pounds, and has brown hair.
The Washington times., 1936-07-29

the cost of each project, totaling
$22, 742, 900. Each community par
ticipating must contribute SIS per
cent of the cost of each project.
The Washington times., 1936-07-29

White House approval OF 352
Public Works Administration prof.
ects, involving construction costs
of SCOTIA 900 was announced last
The Washington times., 1936-07-29
New Lights Ready
On New York Ave.

Traffic lights will be installed
at the intersection of New York
Ave. and Fourteenth st. N. w. by
Sunday. it was said yesterday. The
installation has been delayed by
car-track construction.
The Washington times., 1936-07-29

night by Public Works AdmlnlStra-
tor Ickes.
The Public Works AdminiStra-
ton will provide IS per cent Of
The Washington times., 1936-07-29

He had a narrow escape from
death in 1889 when he was struck
over the head with a baseball bat
while arresting a disorderly crowd.
Although he is now 88 years old,
Melton takes a keen interest in the
Association of Oldest Inhabitants
and in the Retired Policemen's AS.
ISOLATION.
He resides at 201S First st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1936-07-29

Anyhow, Senator Morris Shep-
ard, who got himself reelected
to the Senate last Saturday, prob
ably is thanking heaven that not
for another six years does he have
to visit the 252 counties in Texas
which comprise his constituency.
The Washington times., 1936-07-29

Note to gardeners:
The AAA announces that tulips
may be grown anywhere that the
soil is favorable to oats.
Wild oats?
Evening star., 1936-01-05

had carried on almost necessarily for more
than eleven hundred miles. Wepaused once to
raid and capture from the Wadi tribe the
horses which trotted by the side of the long
gated camels which we rode Sometimes we
slept with our legs in the saddle pockets, arms
encircling the knobs, and heads resting on the
cushions spread upon the taut leather seat.
We were thin and hollow with hunger. We
Evening star., 1936-01-05

" UNPLEASANT, modern, western ways
are being stamped upon the an
cient, honorable life of the Sheiks of
- Araby Daily the tactics of the
gangster are conupting the fine, simple
codes which have governed war; raids and
hospitality on the desert for so many years
past that the memory of man rmneth not
to the contrary"
The brand of Cain is being stamped on the
sand by the tires of motor cars which are
supplanting the gallant. graceful war mares.
and by machine guns which are taking the
place of the rife and the falcon. have wit
messed the change frst-hand.
For nearly quarter of century have
been the guest Of desert tribes. have &C
cepted the hospitality of their carpet -strewn
tents of black goat hair, played with the
princes of the desert at falconing and on the
chase, feasted with them during seasons of
plenty, and endured their hunger marches -
CHASTITY tricks in search of water and pasture
with death at large under a cloudless sky The
change in their lives that civilization on
wheels has brought saddens me.
recall a raid -honored raid l was
on early in 1920, and contrast it to one of
today.
The moon stayed with the sun. 1t was
dark night and sheet lightning in the distance
made coy promises that we might find rain
pools ahead on our camel trek to the North
Arabian desert With twenty-five members of
the Ruala tribe whose guest was, rode on
a foray to steal camels and horses from the
Saba tribe.
We were nearing our quarry. 1t had been
seventeen days since we had left behind us in
a desert valley in north-central Arabia the
seven thousand tents which sheltered the
thirty-five thousand members of the Ruala
clan in their perennial wandering over the
vast wastes of this ancient country, almost
third the size of the United States.
Our hopes were high that We would add to
the 25O,OOO camels and the 1900 war mares
owned by the tribe, with few more smrking
beasts. and. perhaps, one or two thorough
bred horses whose lineage is oft t-times re-
corded back to the days of the Prophet.
1t was not a war raid but peace-time raid,
and such raid up until the last year or two
has for centuries been the sport OF young
Evening star., 1936-01-05

Arabs. The young wild blood of the desert
had no diversion - no movies - no excite
ment no dances = no alcohol - no other
game except the raid. To the Arabian it was
the equivalent of an American football game.
Ancient rules Of chivalry and sportsmanship
defined the procedure. There was no wanton
or cowardly killing. In fact, killings were as
accidental as broken neck on the gridiron.