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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-22
Our Sit Down Strike

AN ATTEMPT HAS been made in few places
to put some blame on Superintendent j. L.
Rackley for his method of ending the sit down
strike at the prison camp in Warrensville last
week. Those so trying to criticise have not
thought of the consequences had Mr. Rackley
allowed the striking convicts to continue their
sit down strike while he admitted that he could
do nothing about it. Nor do the would-be criti-
cisers realize that he was dealing with men
whose type of mentality would allow them to
commit murder without so much as the batting
of an eyelash.
The Friday morning episode presented sit
uation about which something had to be done
and done quickly if Mr.. Rackley remained boss
of the situation and at the same time give the
convicts the understanding that he was boss.
A convict camp should, of course be hu-
name place, but it is not the place for dealing
in the niceties of social life since those there
have already defied them. Mr.. Rackley keeps a
camp that is clean and well provided for in the
way of food and clothes. The inmates do not do
an unusual amount of hard work. AS is often
the case there was little excuse for strike, and
we glory in the spunk of man who can settle
such ugly affairs so efficiently and without hav-
ing first to run to ask somebody else what to do.
We will guarantee that this method will be a
cure-al for future sit-downers in that particular
group.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-22
Entered as second class matter on Oct 1, 1925 at
the post office at West Jefferson, North Carolina

LADY ASTOR, born in the United States and
now an English stateswoman, has returned to
England after visit to her native land. While
here, she gave us several pointers on how to run
our government and it seems that, according to
Lady Astor, we have been doing very poor job
of it so far Turn about is fair play for we have
had good deal to say in the past about how
those who live on the opposite side of the big
pond ought to attend to their affairs. If the Ger
mans like Mr. Hitler, if the Italians are satisfied
with Mussolini, and if the English want to pro-
nounce est Leger," "Sillinger," and Drink
water" "Drinkater," maybe we ought to let
them attend to their own particular business
and merely ask that they do the same for us.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-22
Road to Top of
Negro Mountain
to Be Finished

A state drill will be here this
week, according to report, to start
drilling out the rocks left on the
Negro Mountain road. In many
places rocks jut out into the road
and make the passage way almost
too narrow for safety. These will be
drilled and shot out and the road
broadened until cars can pass easily
on the road that has been travelled
by thousands during the part of the
summer just passed.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-22
A Community Cannery

WE KEEP TALKING about community can
merry in the county but so far our cannery has
been only talk.
The Valley Springs school community in
Buncombe county, according to the Asheville
Times has just installed community cannery
for the use of the public The cannery has not
been in operation long enough to tell how it will
work out but its sponsors see no reason why it
should not be one of the chief assets to the
community.
The Skyland Post has always favored hot
lunches for school children and such cannery
in this county could at least provide enough
canned foods from surplus commodities to furn-
ish food for each school in Ashe to give out in
the form of hot lunches to the underfed chill
dren. In fact, there is no end to the food conser-
walton that such a cannery would accomplish.
We know of housewives right now who are
moaning over the fact that early apples are
wasting the ground in their orchards and
that bushels of cherries have already gone to
waste.
Here are some facts about the Buncombe
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-22
Sparta News

Mr.. Tom Nolen, Wadesboro, Va.
was weekend guest in Sparta.
Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Ford were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Berl
Thompson Sunday.
Mrs. Clete B. Choate has just re-
turned from a two-week vacation in
Flint, Michigan, and other points
north.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer A. Smith
Jessie Lois, and Thomas Harrison
left Tuesday morning for ten-day
vacation in New York and Niagra
Falls.
Mrs. Clete Choate was luncheon
hostess to the following guests al
her home Saturday July II: Mrs
Katherine Warden, Mr.. and Mrs. H
A. Smith, their son and daughter
Thomas Harrison and Jessie Lois.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-22
Hash Appears Before
Board of AllOtments

County Superintendent ]. B. HASH
member of the 1887 General AS
sembly, made a trip to Raleigh last
week to appear before the State
Board of Allotments and Appeals tc
set forth reasons why Ashe county
should participate to the maximum
amount in the state social security
funds and to ask that the state as
sumo some of the obligations con-
nected to the cost of county admin
iStration of the funds.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-22

ALTHOUGH THE SPANISH war goes merrily
on, nobody outside that country seems overly
anxious to get mixed up in it. What happened
along about 1917 was enough to satisfy all hands
for some time. Incidentally that event referred
to as the World War is estimated to have taken
toll of about 13 million lives and the heart
wounds, not yet healed, amount to at least ten
times that number.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-22
" NV Time Is Today

THE PHILOSOPHY of the musical composer,
George GershWin, who died few days ago
went briefly down into a single sentence:
my time is today"
BY that, of course, he meant that he wrote
his music for contemporaneous America. q
That precluded him from the field of CLASH
cal music which is written for all ages.
1t took him out of the past and shut him off
from the future and held him rigidly within
the compasses of the present.
What was done in his profession yesterday
or what will be done tomorrow were none of
his concern.
His time the NOW.
There is suggestion of great truth for all
of us in this simple exegesis of his controlling
passion
There are those who seem to be unable to
break themselves loose from the letters of the
past
They, therefore, become historical in every
thing they think or do.
And then there are others who, forgetful of
the past and scornful of the present, project
themselves over the horizons of the tomorrows
and bend themselves to the task of giving
futuristic note to their labors
They, therefore, become the seers and pro-
phets and reformers, and often live out lives
either utterly inefficient or of Indifferent value
and achievement because through neglect of the
realisms of their own day and generation.
This is the usual denouement of the purely
idealistic
They are so busy trying to live their carers
with tendency toward the future that they are
blind to the actualities of the present.
Men who make the most of themselves are
those whose time, like that of Gershwin, is
TODAY.
They take life as it comes with hopeful
philosophy and outlook upon its vulgarity and
ugliness and bitterness and disappointment
1t may lack much of being what they would
desire it to be but by that circumstance they are
not turned into worthless cynics and misan-
thropes.
Gershwin may have preferred to attempt to
write more enduring musical score than the
type which made him illustrious in this field
But during this time, America was jazz-mad
and Gershwin wrote jazz music-the best that
has ever been written
AS rule, his attitude toward life eventuates
in being the more correct.
Those who deny it and attempt to live theirs
under the horoscope of the past generally keep
their feet on the ground and their eyes glued to
the dust upon which they tread. They become
of the earth earthly, and nothing more.
And those who undertake to live theirs pre-
vailng in the future usually keep their heads
in the clouds and their feet upon no staple foun-
dation. They become mere creatures of their
visions and idealisms and fancies-Char1otte
Observer.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-22
MRS. CAL HANDY DIES

Mrs. Cal Handy, an aged and re-
spected woman of the Obids section,
died at her home there Tuesday.
Funeral services were conducted
with Rev. w. T. Wilmington in
charge, Wednesday afternoon. She
was the grandmother of Ethel and
Gwyn Handy, of this city.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-22

Mrs. w. P. Coward visited Mrs.
Robt. Osborne Sunday afternoon.
Quite few people of this place
attended the Sunday school conven-
ton held at Old Field Creek Sum
day.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-22

Oddie J. Cox, colored resident of
Nathans Creek, finished a scout
masters course at A. and T. College,
near Greensboro, last week. He is
the first negro from Ashe county to
complete this course.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-22
Card of Thanks

We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for the help and sympa-
thy they extended during the illness
and death of our husband and faith
er, F. M. Goss.-Mrs. F. M. Goss and
family.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-02

donations to be received during the next two or three weeks will make 8 decided difference.
 Miss Elna L. Stuckman, local council director, speaker of the meeting, lauded Mrs. Cowperthwait for the efficiency of her organiza- ton of workers for the drive. She also stated her personal apprecia- tion to the workers who aided the Girl Scout movement by seeking funds. She said that this move- ment aids girls to become active and participating citizens in democratic social order, and therefore, good residents of any community. She added that 886 girls are now in- cluded in the local council and there is Q waiting list of this number be- cause of lack of adequate facilities.
 Invocation
 The invocation at last nights meeting was delivered by Rev. Joseph J. Valdambrini, pastor of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes.
 Contributions reported by the various groups during the three re- port meetings totalled as follows: Division 1, Mrs. Parker Rowell, $669; Division 3, Mrs. Ralph Car rington, $437; Division 3, Mrs. Louis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-02
BAPTIST SUPPER
 THURSDAY NIGHT
John A. COe to Be Speak, CT; November Desig.
 mated Loyalty Month

The annual fall fellowship supper of the First Baptist church will be served Thursday evening at 6 o'clock. John A. Coe, president of the Amer ican Brass company, will be the speaker.
 Thursday evening, November 18, at 7:45 o'clock there will be a church night service at the Baptist church. It will feature 8 harp concert by Miss Artiss DeVolt of Boston and Vienna. Tickets will be free and may be secured from the pastor, Rev. David P. Gaines.
 This month is being celebrated by the church as loyalty month begin- ming with the first Sunday, Novem- Der 2. It is hoped all parishoners will attend communion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-02
St. .Jean.BaptiSte

Nominations for a slate of officers 70 be elected at the next meeting on December 9th, was the princi- pal source of discussion last night at a meeting of the Order of St. Jean-Baptiste, Villa Maria Lodge at Moose hall. A nominations com- mittee includes Mrs. Marie Pepin, Miss Cecile Frechette, Mrs. Fred erick Louiselle and Mrs. Wilbrod Guertin. Reports were also read concerning the recent national convention by local delegates who comprised Romeo Dumochel, Will brod Guertin, Miss Cecile Rochon, president; and Miss Jeanette Frechette.
 Mrs. Juliette Dionne is chairman of the arrangements committee for the annual dinner-dance at The Elton Nov. 20. Assisting her are Mrs. M. Cherubini, Miss Roch- on, Mrs. Ida Pelletier, Yvette La- Vallee, Mrs. Josephine Houle, Irene Carpenter, Ms. Leonette Johnson Camille Frechette and Bernadette Grandpre.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-02
L. 0. 0. M.

The annual state convention of the Order of Moose was the topic of discussion at q meeting of Con- necticut officers held last night at the local quarters Among those present were Harry Jeffers of Moosehart, H., regional director; Frederick H. Ganung, state deputy and A. H. Enoch, dictator of the New Britain lodge.
 Royal Arcanum
 Herbert Johnson of Kansas, Su- preme Regent of the Royal Ar
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-02
Lieut.. Shea Auxiliary

Three members weer appointed to supervise arrangements for tue annual installation of officers of Wheeler Young Post and Auxili- ary, Veterans of Foreign Wars, at . meeting of Lieut.. Shea Auxili- ary at V. F. w. hall last night. The committee constitutes Miss Helen Shanahan, Mrs. Ellen Sheehan, and Mrs. May ShrOaid- CT. The induction exercises will take place Saturday night at the quaretrs of the V. F. w. at 19S Bank street.
 The auxiliary voted to par ticipate in the Armistice day par ade and to be represented at the military ball of F'lori0 post, Italian- American Veterans of the World war at Buckingham hall, November 10th. The chapter will send delegates to dinner and re- ception for the department conn mander and department president at New London, November goth, Mrs. Helen Brophy of this city will be in charge of arrangements for the event. A contribution was voted towards the Girl Scouts annual drive.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-02

A. walsh, $3sS; Division 1, Mrs. Samuel A. Budde, $i9l; Division 1, $4SO, including $144 from the teach- CTS group and $46 from city depart ment: special gifts committee head- ed by Mrs. Frederick Kellogg, $S,5S6; and suburban groups, $901.
 To Carry On
 Mrs. Kellogg announced that the special gifts committee would con- tinue to work and promised another large report which would help con- siderably in attaining the quota. A large number of workers still have cards to work on and report.
 Last nights reports totalled $2,349 as follows: Division 1, $268; Divis- ionn 3, $l8l; Division 3, $149; Divis- ion 1, $56; Division s, $232, includ- ing $54 from the teachers and $46 from the city department; special gifts committee, $1,035; and subur- ban donations, $428, including Oak vile $40; Washington $15: Wood- bury $l9, Naugatuck $200, and Thomaston $152.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-02
Townsend Lodge

Final arrangements for the an- nual smoker of Townsend Lodge of odd Fellows were completed at a meeting of the social committee last night. The smoker will take place at the lodge quarters next Monday night at which time a large crowd is expected. It was also planned that the second de- gree be conferred upon a class of new candidates November 18th.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-02
Roosevelt Lodge

Alexander Firing of New York, past Chancel,o. Commander, was the speaker last night at 8 meet ing of Roosevelt Lodge, Knights of Pythias, held at Roosevelt hall. MT. Firing described properties of the lodge where children were en- tertained during vacation period last summer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-02
Knights of Columbus

The regular business meeting O Sheridan Council, "A, Knights of Columbus, will be held tonight at 8:30 in the Columbus club. Grand Knight Thomas w. Scadden will preside at the session. Plans for the annual membership drive will be discussed, as well as reports submitted on progress of the Boos- ter Committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-02

Discovery of Il pounds of heroin in an automobile on the Yugo-Slav ftonrier led police to a factory ir Soft which is believed to have SUD- piled all the Balkans with danger OuS drugs,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-02
FRATERNAL NEWS

canum, will be guest of honor at reception to be given December 9th, by Mattatuck Council, accord ing to plans discussed at the reg ular meeting of the local chapter last night. Reports were also rem dered concerning the bowling league and a proposed basketball circuit, and a class of membership candidates were initiated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-02
Sphinx Kabaan Club

Henry J. Fiege of Waterbury was reelected president of the Sphinx Kabaan club at @ meet ing last night in Plymouth. The organization is affiliated with Sphinx temple, Hartford.
 Other officers elected follow: First vice president, Edward Hei- man; second vice president, Fred Jackie; secretary, Idris Alderson; treasurer, Fred Bachmann, all of Waterbury; and board of gover- nors, Fred DeLap, of Terryville, Clarence Johnson, of Thomaston, and Louis Wenzel, of Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-02
Girl Scout Campaign !. Fails To Reach Quota
Mrs. COwperthwaite, Gen. Chairman, Expressed Con- fidence That Objective Will Be Eventually Reached

The annual drive of the Waterbury Girls Scout Council ended last night with dinner meeting held at the Central Y. M C. A. at which time various committees reported total of $46 had been collected during the past week Although this amount is about 1000 lower that the quota Mrs. George Cowperthwa chairman of the drive reported that there several others to be heard from therefore an increase is expected Other contributions will be S wnnL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-02
Court Verdi

Fifty new candidates for mem- bership were set as a quota for a drive instigated last night at a meeting of Court Verdi, Foresters of America which took place last night with Grand Chief Ranger Felix A. Guarini in charge. The class will be initiated during a degree to be conferred as part of the 35th anniversary of the lodge, with exercises to take place at Liberty hall, November 82th. MT. Guarini, Michael Castaldi and John Ciullo were appointed as a committee on arrangements.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-02
KILLED
INJURED
LOAN ASSETS RISE

St. Paul (UP) - Assets of eleven Federal Savings and Loan Associa- tions in the Twin Cities have in- creased more than $6,0O0,000 in the past year, according to John Scott, president of the Minnesota group.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-02
MEMS LEAGUE WILL
 HOLD DUTCH SUPPER

Modern Methods of Training Young Men" was the subject of a lecture given by Alderman c. Arthur Dubois at a meeting of the Bunker Hill Mems league last night He de- scribed the training given at the Scovill Mfg. Go.
 The league voted to hold Dutch supper at the Bunker Hill church Dec. 4.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-02

Voices Appreciation
 Mrs. Cowperthwait, who is also Girl Scout Commissioner, expressed her appreciation to the workers for their enthusiastic endeavors. She stated that last year the drive ended only $75 short of the quota, but added her certainty that additional
Evening star., 1937-03-31
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,


NEW YORK, March 3l-Metals
and oils rode rough-shod over profit
selling in today's stock market, but
many steels, motors and rails lacked
sufficient Vigor to extend the sharp
rally started yesterday.
Favored issues retained gains n
fractions to 2 or more points at rAe
close, although there was a sizable as
sortment of losers Of as much in
evidence.
Postponement of the Chrysler labor
peace negotiations until Friday was a
mildly retardlng influence, as was an
other decline in United States Gov
ernment securities. Commodities on
the whole were reactionary.
The market enjoyed its main activ-
ity in the morning. The pace slowed
appreciably after noon. Transfers
were around 100000 shares.
Strength of so-called commodity
shares tended to give board room sem
timent a slightly inflationary tinge,
although there were still thoughts the
administration may step in to halt
any exceptional boom" Business
and earnings statements inspired buy
ing of individual stocks.
Shares well ahead most of the day
included Anaconda, Kennecott, Amer
lean Smelling. Phelps Dodge, Cerro
de Pasco, Standard Oils of New Jer-
sey, California and Indiana, Seaboard
Oil, Texas Corp, Plymouth Oil, Ohio
Oil, J. 1. Case, Deere. American Tele-
phone, Western Union, Consolidated
Edison, LoeWs, Paramount. Warner
Bros, Douglas Aircraft, Oliver Farm,
Foster Wheeler, Otis Elevator and In
ternational Paper & Power preferred.
In restricted area were United
States Rubber Goodyear, Goodrich,
North American, Electric Power 65
Light, Sears-Roebuck, WoolWorth,
General Electric and New oYrk Gen.
tral.
Generally retreating were United
States Steel, Bethlehem, Republic,
General Motors, Chrysler, Santa Fe,
Southern Pacific, Great Northern,
Southern Railway, Westinghouse and
Texas Gulf Sulphur
The blue chip" Homestake Mining
dropped several points after its recent
ascension.
Evening star., 1937-03-31
Advertising Total
Up 1919 Per Cent
Over 1886 Levels
Special Dispatch to The Star.

CHICAGO, March 3l.-Advertising
placed in newspapers by retailers in
II leading cities this year through
March 20, is 17,020,513 lines greater
than during the corresponding period
of 1886, Advertising Age, national ad-
vertising newspaper, reported today.
In the reported period, retail news
paper advertising in the measured
cities totaled 217,131, ,524 lines, COM
pared with 2OO,11l,0ll lines in the
comparable period of last year. This
8.5 per cent gain is the largest per
cent of gain shown by the cumulative
totals this year.
For the week ended March 20, news
papers in the reporting cities carried
total of 23,419,173 lines of retail
advertising, compared with 2o,75l ,967
lines in the corresponding week of
last year. This is an increase Of
2,667,2O6 lines, or 1873 per cent.
Evening star., 1937-03-31
MARCH CLEAR|NGS
BEST SINCE 1929
D. c. Total at $114,782,918
Against S86,358,879
in 1886 Month.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

That business in the Capital in
March was the best of any March since
1929 was indicated today by the Wash
ington Clearing House Associations
monthly report on bank clearings.
March clearings totaled Sl14,782,-
91S5o, against S86, 1858, ,879.l9 in March
of last year, and the highest figures
since March, 1929. when clearings
reached S131, ,795 ,92893.
Today's figures brought the total for
the first three months of this year up
to 1907, ,537, ,37296, against $25l,370
95044 in the first quarter of 1886,
gain of S56,166,4 ,42252.
Since 1929 Washington clearings
have been through big slump and
then turned definitely upward. In
1880 March clearings totaled Sll4,1l3,-
69673, slightly under today'S figure.
In 1881 clearings here amounted to
S112,443,159.34. In 1882 they dropped
to SS9, ,616,4 ,46359 and in March, 1888.
tumbled to 32,644 ,94737. In 1884
they turned upward to S62 ,209,874
and in March 1885 got up to S74,112,-
66e72.
Clearings in the first three months
of 1887 compare as follows, with the
corresponding months in 1886:
January -S1OO,562, 08388 $4,000, $40 A
February e2,192 ,37O.58 78,024,521.81
March ---114 ,782,918.50 86,358,879.l9
Holland Heads Committee.
Appointment of T. Stanley Holland,
trust officer, American Security &
Trust Co., as chairman of the Trans
Evening star., 1937-03-31
New Orleans Prices.

prices opened unchanged TO 5 points lower
today under profit taking following yester-
days large advance.
May opened at 1859 July at ! As,
October at 1888. December at 1881,
January at 1888 and March at 1891.
Liverpool cables were higher and some
foreign and local buying held realizing in
check during the early trading
Continued warnings to farmers by Gov
ernment officials that increased acreage
would result in much lower prices for their
staple held the attention of traders.
Most official warnings indicated that an
increased acreage of 3 per cent might
result but several private authorities said
intentions to plant cotton would show
much smaller total.
Cottonseed oil futures opened steady.
May 1O.65b: July, 10.T6b; September,
1O7Sb: october. 1O.5Sb.
Bid.
Evening star., 1937-03-31

pOrtd ClOn COl1l-
mittee for the
coming conven-
ton of the Dis
trict Bankers AS
sociatioll at White
Sulphur Springs
May 27-3l, was
announced today
by Thomas j.
Groom, a C t in g
president of the
association.
w. T. VAN
doren, form e r
national bank eX-
aminer and now