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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-01-16

Miss Kathleen Mcconnell return
ed to her home in jefferson this
week after visiting in Sanford for
a few days.
s. S s
Rev. Mr.. Hurlbut, who has been
very ill, returned to Jefferson this
week.
S s s
Mrs. w. L. Dent and son, Bruce,
and nephew, Hal Coward, visited
Rev. and Mrs. J. G. w. Holloway at
Granite Falls during the week end.
Mrs. Holloway was formerly Miss
Maude Coward, of Jefferson.
S S s.
Mr.. L. E. Francis, of the Winston
Salem Productive Credit Associa-
ton, was in the Jeffersons the first
of the week.
S s S.
Mr.. Ralph Stansberry is assisting
his father, j. D. Stansberry, in the
Office of the Clerk of the Court.
S S S
Mrs. Carl Owens, of Idlewild, is
recovering nicely from an operation
that she underwent in the Wilkes
Hospital Saturday. Mrs. Owens is a
sister Of Mr.. Ira T. Johnston, of
jefferson.
S S s
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl B. GRAPHICAL
entertained at six o'clock dinner
Thursday evening of last week hon.
oring Mr.. and Mrs. Leverne John
son, Donald, Vivian, and Winifred
johnson, and Mr.. and Mrs. j. f.
Johnson, of this city.
S S S
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Price spent
two days last week attending to
business in Tennessee.
S S S
Mr.. J. A. Reeves made business
trip to Bristol, Tenn, last week.
S S S
Master Thomas Schulz Johnston
celebrated his eleventh birthday
on Tuesday, Jan. 18th, when he was
host to a number of his young
friends at his home in Jefferson. He
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ira T.
Johnston.
S S S
Mr.. Walter Barker returned to
his duties at Fort Bragg this week
after spending the holidays here
and visiting friends in Durham.
S S S
Messrs. F. M. Jones, of Crumpler,
and J. F. Jones, of Silas Creek,
were visitors in town Tuesday.
S S S
Mr.. G. A. Hurley, of Saltville,
was business visitor here last Sat-
urday.
S S 5
Prof. Joseph Martin, of Lansing,
was in the Jeffersons this week.
S S 5
Mr.. Jim Anderson, of Tuckerdale,
visited here this week.
S 5 S
Mr.. r. L. Reeves, Of Bina, was a
visitor in the city Tuesday.
S S
Mr.. w. O. Dickson and son and
daughter, Of Silas Creek, spent
Tuesday night with Mr.. and Mrs.
Wyck Vannoy.
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Mr.. and Mrs. T. E. Parker and
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Parker visited
the D. w. Parker family in Big
Rock, w. Va, during the past week
end.
S S S
Among many others who visited
Blaine Cearley Sunday from here
were Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Miller; Judge
T. c. Bowie and son, Thomas; Basil
Barr; Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Gambill.
Mr.. Cearley remains very ill.
S S s.
Mr.. Fred Shoemake, of Clifton, is
putting a new roof on his mill
house. The old roof that he has
taken off is made of oak boards and
had been in service for 81 years.
The next oldest roof in the COM
munity is the metal roof on the
home of Major c. r. johnson. This
roof is in good condition after hav-
ing been in use for fifty-five years.
s. S S
Little Miss Isabel Digs was car
ried to the Baptist Hospital in VIM
ston-Salem the first of the week
where she will probably undergo an
operation for osteomyelitis,the seri-
Gus trouble from which she suffer-
ed so severely several months ago.
She is the elder daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Sam Digs.
5 5
Mrs. BACKYARD, formerly Miss
Louise Craig of this city, is visiting
Miss Mae Goss. Mrs. Blackard lives
at Lenwood, Va.
S 5 S
DR.. and Mrs. T. Roy Burgess, Miss
Ina Jean Reeves and Mr.. George
Reeves, of Sparta, were dinner
guests Sunday night of Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell Barr.
s SIS
Miss Clyde Kilby, of Boone, spent
the week end with Mr.. and Mrs.
John F. Reeves.
S S S
Rev. G. r. Stafford, who has been
out of the county for the past week,
is at his home again.
S S 5
Rev. and Mrs. w. T. Wilmington
have returned from a visit to rela-
tives in Tennessee.
S S
Mrs. G. w. Ray has been unable
to meet her classes for few days
on account of illness. Mrs. Rather
inc Duncan is substituting for her.
Miss Irene Gambill, also member
of the local graded school faculty
has been unable to teach because
of an attack of tonsilitis. Mrs. Guy
Denny has been substituting for
Miss Gambil1.
S S S
Mrs. A. M. Frazier has been con-
fined to her room for the past few
days on account Of illness.
S 5 S
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Smithey, of
North Wilkesboro, were in the city
the first of the week.
S S 5
Miss Make Jones, Of Charlotte,
has been in the city during the past
week in the interest Of her work
with Luzier Cosmetic Company.
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of the Grassy Creek community,
were in the Jeffersons the first OF
the week.
s. S S.
A Raleigh news report states that
Mrs. Kate Fletcher Absher of North
Wilkesboro has entered suit against
the city of Raleigh to the amount OF
$4,000 in connection with fall she
had on the streets there recently
She suffered a serious injury to her
right arm and shoulder which will
impair her career as public
speaker.
S S. s
Mr.. Gilbert Bare, of Bare's Fair
Store, who has been in North
Wilkesboro for the past week, is in
the city for the express purpose OF
aiding his customers in selecting
goods from his big January Clear
ance Sale of good stock at bargain
prices.
S S S
Mrs. Virgo Pierce, of Crumpler,
suffered serious fracture of her
left arm late Tuesday afternoon
when she fell while visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Margaret Woods, in this
city. She was carried to the Wilkes
Hospital to have the break set.
S S s
Mr.. Bryan Pennington, of Helton,
was able to be in the Jeffersons the
first of the week after having been
confined to his room for several
weeks with an attack of rheuma-
tism.
S S S
y Miss Lenna Gambill, of this city,
and Mrs. Montague Cox, of Mouth
of Wilson, visited DR.. Cox in Ga
lax hospital Wednesday. DR.. Cox,
a former dentist of West Jefferson,
has been ill for some time.
S S S
Mrs. J. F. billiard, of Jefferson,
who has been very ill for the past
month with heart dropsy, is much
improved. It is hoped that she will
soon recover entirely.
S S
Mr.. Jesse A. Miller, of Laurel
Springs, was a visitor in the city
Tuesday.
S S
"Uncle" Freel Coward, of Nath-
ans Creek, made the Post visit
the first of the week. Mr.. Coward
is SO years old but he continues to
be able to get around and visit his
friends and relatives who are much
younger than he is.
S S S
Messrs. Fred Hudler, Gene Scott,
and Earl GRAPHICAL visited G. c.
Koontz in Bristol, Va, last week.
They report that Mr.. Koontz, a
former resident of this city, was
glad to see them but that he was
showing little or no improvement.
5 5 S
MIR. I. H. Stuart, of Brandon, at
tended to business in the Jeffersons
the first of the week.
S S S
J. F. Hartzog, chairman of the
Ashe County Board of Commission
ers, spent the day in Jefferson the
first Of the week.
S 5 S
Mr.. and Mrs. John Foster, Of
Raleigh, are visiting in the county.
S s. 5
Messrs. Burl Vannoy and P. E.
Watts are in Reidsville this week
on a business trip.
Evening star., 1936-12-19

garment that clad Betty Lou bore
out the mothers sad admission.
Have you asked the police for .
Christmas basket, Mrs. Ryan,"
well, they told me we'd get some
thing. I hated to ask, I didn't ask
last year because they'd been so good
to us. We were really in a fix then
Forced Out of Home.
A fix? Could their hardship have
been worse than at present? Oh.
yes. Ryan, a veteran, was seriously
i'll. He had to quit work; to 60 to
Walter Reed Hospital for three weeks.
There had been no money at all.
They were evicted from their small
premises in Southeast Washington.
They had moved to cheaper quarters
in the 400 block of E street SOUTH
west. Capt. Sullivan and the men
at No. 4 we're 80 wonderful"
Five of the eight Ryan children
sleep in one bed. Their house has
four rooms but only two beds, one
studio couch.
Mrs. Ryan was promised yesterday
that some clothing from the stock
donated to the sixteenth annual Metro
politan Police Christmas Party would
be brought to 6-year-old Betty Lou
Immediately so that she can 60 to
school Monday. Other gifts. food and
toys, will be taken to the Ryans on
Christmas eve.
Betty Lou piped, Merry Christ
mas" to the police visitors as they
departed. Though she may not have
known it. her greeting was her thanks
to the contributors to the police party
who have made a merry Christmas
possible for her and hundreds of other
poor children in Washington.
Evening star., 1936-12-19
YELLIE RYAN clutched her
\ throat and her eyes widened
VI with fear when she saw three
nolicemen at the door,


A dozen troubled thoughts poured
into her brain. Had Eddie. her hus-
band. been injured? Eddie, whose
small earnings as taxicab driver
were all that kept roof over the
heads of their eight children; all that
kept them from hunger. Had he been
arrested? What new misfortune had
befallen them?
Trembling. she retreated across the
bare room and whispered, Come in"
Her babies" Jimmy, 3, and Betty
Lou, 6, stood goggle-eyed, grasping the
frayed cotton curtain that was the
door" to the kitchen.
The policemen quickly explained
that their mission was not one Of i'll
needed for Christmas in the way OF
food. clothing and toys.
I'll With Pleurisy.
Nellie Ryan regained her composure,
eighing, "Oh, we've had so much trou-
bic didn't know what to expect"
Despite her knowledge of the police
mems friendliness and of their mes
sage Of good cheer, Mrs Ryan con-
tinued to breathe heavily, as If with
the excitement of fear.
Its pleurisy." she explained, tap
ping her thin chest I'm all taped
Up around here"
Where are your other children,
Mrs. Ryan" she was asked.
They're at school. Betty Lou
here should be in school, too, but"
But WHAT"
"She just hasn't got the clothes" d"
One look at the soiled and ragged
Evening star., 1936-12-19
ANACOSTIA LIBRARY
BRANCH IS SOUGHT
Citizens Association Requests
Southeast Council to Back Re-
indorsed Resolution.

A resolution requesting an appro-
priation in the 1888 budget estimates
for the purchase of land for a branch
library, was reindorsed by the Ana
costa Citizens Association last night
in the Anacostia Junior-Senior High
School.
In asking support of the resolution,
It was pointed out that the nearest
branch library is at Seventh street
and Pennsylvania avenue southeast. a
distance Of more than 2 miles. A
branch in Anacostia would serve the
communities of Hillcrest, Randle High
lands, Congress Heights, Summit Park,
North Randle Community, Washing
Evening star., 1936-12-19

ton Highlands and Bradbury Heights.
and be of invaluable help to the stu
dents Of the high school, it was de-
clared. The Southeast Council. con-
sisting of representatives of 10 civic
organizations in Southeast, will be
asked to support the resolution.
A resolution approving request by
Supt. of Police Ernest w. Brown
for 344 additional privates to the
police force, was passed. Another
resolution, asking support of a request
of the superintendent of Fairgrounds
for additional funds in TIE 1923 ap-
preparation bill. also was passed.
The association went Oil record as
favoring appointment of Mrs. H. r.
Corkery, teacher, to the post of as
sistant principal Of the Anacostia
Junior Senior High School.
Evening star., 1936-12-19
Natures Children
Brown-Headed Nuthatch
(Sitta pusilla).
.Sitta pusilla).

crown and upper coat are erayish-
brown. The middle pair or tail
feathers is bluish-gray. The three
outermost feathers have broad tips
Of gray. When the bird flies, these
are very noticeable.
During very severe weather, when
the tree trunks are covered with
sleet, the nuthatches will join the
chickadees and other Winter birds
for a treat of suet, seeds and such
offerings.
tcopyrieht, 1850
Evening star., 1936-12-19
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

the family come around during
A the Winter months for hand
outs. All of them are small birds. and
much given to keeping out of sight.
This member seeks the pine woods
OF the Southern States. 1t is tiny
little creature, always engaged in rout-
ing out insects to be found on the
higher branches or among the cones
and along the terminal twigs.
The little nuthatches are friendly
among themselves, and you usually see
them in bands. Low-voiced twitter-
ing goes on among them, as they
search diligently for the pests that
go after the trees. 1t is believed that
the group consists of the family of the
previous year.
Although these nuthstches are
Evening star., 1936-12-19
Haddock Appear Off Scotland.

Shoals Of young haddock off the
east coast of Scotland have brought
new hope to the fishermen. the fish
appearing there for the first time in
many years.
Evening star., 1936-12-19

small, they are extremely strong when
1t comes to excavating holes for their
nests. Twelve to forty feet above the
ground Is the place to look for the
nests. The entrance is very cleverly
made to initiate a wide crack in the
bark.
The hole is dug out to a depth
Of to 8 inches. Then the cradle
Is lined with the softest materials Of
grasses and even the wings Of pine
tree seeds, feathers and wool are
used for the mattress. There are
FIVE to six dull white or creamy eggs,
that are speckled with shades Of
lavendsr or brown.
In the pine belt of the South
eastern United States, from Southern
Maryland and Southern Delaware to
Florida, and Eastern Texas north
ward, the brown-headed nuthatch is
most abundant during the insect sea-
son. Some members have been seen
in New York State, Ohio, Southern
Michigan, Missouri, Arkansas and the
Bahamas.
-Four and half inches long, with
the upper parts Of grayish blue and
the under part of Whit, and q brown
head are your field marks. The head,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-11-25
oyER.RUN WITH SILVER

When the Treasury was ordered by Congress to
purchase silver until silver stocks had become
fourth Of our monetary reserves or until Its price
reached 81. 30 an ounce, Senator Elmer Thomas OF
Oklahoma explained that almost overnight it would
work miracles in y. S. trade with countries on a
silver or silver and gold standard 1t did no such
thing. Its first result was to throw the domestic
economy of China out of whack and its after eff
fects have been to load the vaults in Washington
with metal for which neither this country nor the
world at large has much use
Since the Silver Purchase Act was passed IN
June, 1884 the Treasury has bought silver until
it owns about 100 billion ounces. In relation to
gold holdings we are committed to further pur-
chases for our supply of gold has increased ire
mendously In relation to price, hardly start has
been made The effect of the act was to run the
price of silver from hess than 80 to almost 80 cents
an ounce but it could not be sustained at that
upper level and is down now to 43 cents.
But far from being discouraged by the utter
failure of his earlier prediction about silver, Sem
ator Thomas is back again with even roster predic-
tions and more pretentious plans. The United
States, he says, possibly may find itself with mo-
nopoly of the worlds supply of precious metals
In that case, it would be able to dictate its own
terms. and those terms ought to provide for parity
between gold and silver at ratio probably of 16
to l. With that in mind, he is strongly in favor
of continuing our silver so-called policy.
Anyone who believes that the rest of the world
would accept our own valuation of a more or less
useless commodity after we had cornered the sup
ply of it please signify by standing on his ear
| Charlotte News
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NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
ALBERTA's UToPIAN ADVENTURE

Premier Aberhart tries to place the blame on
the Bank of Canada because it has, he says, re-
fused to lend the Canadian province of Alberta any
more money in furtherance of Aberharts Utopian
adventure.
In the blunt language of the Los Angeles Times,
alberta is broke" and its residents are mot re-
ceiving the pensions Aberhart promised" Aberhart
when he was elected declared that he had been
given mandate" by the voters of the province
to bring back prosperity by paying everybody a
pension.
From the outset Aberhart found that promising
was one thing and performing another. He attract
ed thousands of loafers to his province They came
in hope of being paid generously to do nothing.
They became problem for Aberhart They be-
came a problem for the province.
Those who would live off government without
contributing to it strong in their approval OF
Aberhart. He said he was going to do these things
and he said that nothing could stop him. But ne
was halted. He was unable to pick ripe dollars Off
the trees and his own scheme of a dollar which
would retire itself with a profit did not work out
in practice as it seemed likely to do in theory.
Each person handling the scrip was to affix two
cent stamp so that at the end of year the dollar
would have collected hundred and four cents.
Aberhart carried Alberta into Utopia as far as
he could and the problem now is to Service" the
bonds on the payment due He turned to the
Rank of Canada, it seems, and that institution
found it necessary to return negative answer. No
banker in his senses accepts dollars which
70 bounce back Aberhart, try he will, cannot
fasten the blame on the bank. His own Utopian
scheme has collapsed under its own weight-The
Charleston News and Courier.
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A BIG PAYROLL

In commenting on our government payroll the
Greenville Observer bares some interesting infor-
nation Says The Observer:
Everyone is an employer. You and your neigh
Dor contribute to the payroll of the largest group
of workers in this country. That group consists OF
government employees. Three million of them are
on the payrolls of the federal, state and local gov
ernments-and their salaries total more than Tour
billions of dollars annually
If every one of these employees filled necessary
place in our government there would be no reason
TO worry over the matter. Wien we consider the
fact that great portion of these government en-
poyes are employed in bureaus that not only should
he abolished but should never have been created in
the first place, there is just cause for our objec-
tions.
One big Job ahead of our government is to cut
down her number of employees at the same time
cutting down our enormous payroll Four billions
of dollars is too big payroll for anybodys gov
ernment.-Newberry Is. c. Observer. .
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SAID THE FIRST LADY OF
Florida to c. Fl. T. Bly,, manager
of the Farmers Federation, after
calling him to the street to confer
from her maple colorcd station
wagon: .,
"I'm afraid | shall have to quit
using your Full-O-Pep feeds"
why" was the prompt in
quiry.
And thereby hangs tale that
will go to the great laboratories
of the Quaker Oates company.
1t was Mr.. Bly, who coined the
expression last winter that be-
came a household wort with all
farm people, and many urbanires.
He urged feeding Full-O;Pep for
egg production and advised that
after using it. and hens layed not:
"Chop their heads off. They're
no good.'
Mr.. Bly, recently started CLASH
fled advertisement Of the "teaser"
type, leading up to the final state
ment: "When hens are fed Full
presidential candidate say over
the radio on election eve, you
can freely vote your conscience
tomorrow; your vote will be cast
in secret and no one can coerce
you
ooh yeah?" thought Toby.
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OH YEAH

AS soon as Toby Pindcrgoost
entered the polling place he was
spied by one of the official mark
erS.
"Why, there's Toby sang out
tho marker heartily. Sure I'll
help you mark your ballot. Come
right on in here" And the mark
eli grabbed Toby by the arm and
marched him into a booth.
Toby hadn't asked for help in
marking his ballot; he didn't want
help-and particularly from that
particular marker.
"Of course you're going to vote
for So and &c." suggested the
marker briskly and masterfully as
he pulled pencil out Of his vest
pocket and took possession Of
Toby's ballot. ave all know that
anybody with as much sense as
you have wants to vote for So and
So"
81 um-er-ah-" Toby began to
demur. He did not want to vote
for So and So; he wanted to vote
for So and Sos opponent; yet he
was afraid of this marker; he was
afraid Of the power of the politi-
cal ring.
The marker placed a cross in
front of So and Sos name. There
you are" he said, handing the bal
lot to Toby. "Go outside and drop
it in the box" Toby did.
AS he moscycd along home Toby
reflected on what he had heard a
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-11-25
WHY RELIEF PROGRAM vExES so MANY
PEOPLE

The Tribune finds few people who object to fed
eral aid for persons unable to work or for those
who sincerely try to find employment but it does
find righteous protest from many who almost daily
see the program take employed persons and put
them relief.
And just as genuine is the protest of those who
see persons formerly employed sitting about "on
relief" because so long as they are thus cared for,
they make no effort to get back their old jobs.
Cabarrus farmers find it almost impossible to
secure common labor because of the relief pro-
gram. They pay living wage but that isn't enough
in the face of the federal pay scale.
Farm women find it just as difficult to secure
competent help in their kitchens because rural ne
gro girls and women have moved to town to take
jobs formerly held by persons now con relief"
Such conditions account for the increase in ere
lief in many cities and counties despite improve
ment in business conditions-Concord Tribune.
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BEHIND THE SCENES;
IN THE CAMPAIGN

program which will eliminate as
much unemployment in as many
ways as possible and at the same
time get federal relief activity OH
permanent, co-ordinated, and
efficient basis.
The present Social Security
Act, subject to certain changes,
is considered cornerstone.
II Roosevelt accepts recommen-
dations of WPA Administrators
Harry Hopkins, he will push for
legislation TO shorten working
hours in industry, for an unem-
ployment census, for rigid child
labor laws, for minimum wages,
for a lower minimum age limit
on old age pensions and inSm-
ance. and for a permanent WPA
10 tide over workers who can't
find Jobs at periods when they're
not covered by unemployment IN
Surance.
Hopkins is understood to be-
lieve that boys and girls should
be kept in school until they are
l8 years old. He has said that
there are 100000 persons over
IS years of age in industry. An
l8-year-old law would take some
where between two and three mill
lions out Of industry.
e
ALTHOUGH the relief burden
IA has been decreasing and Hop
kins estimates there will be
million fewer cases on WPA and
local relief this winter the prob
lens OF unemployment and re-
lief remain huge.
Half the unemployed have new
err received aid. 1t is from that
half that the increased ranks OF
labor in industry, the WPA, and
the local relief rolls receive most
of their recruits, which is one rea-
son why business and employment
can pick up without correspond
ind decreases on relief and works
rolls.
fCenvricht. 1896. NEA Service. Jpc.i
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family, and then only under prom
Use that | would not let it get
about. at is one of my assets"
she said.)
So the man in high glee took
the pumpkin pie recipe home to
his wife. She made him a pie, but
it didn't taste like the one his hos
tess had made.
Some young women think it UNI
necessary for them to learn to
cook before marriage. Time
enough for that when the time
comes. All one needs in order to
cook is cookbook and common
sense" they say. To be good
cook one needs another thing
the knack of cooking. AS wei