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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-07
Manufacturing
Boom Skyr0Ckots
Cotton in 1886
BY BERNARD S. o'HARA

NEW YORK. Jan. The record
of recovery ii the manufacturing di-
vision stands forth as the brightest
feature Of the cotton trades year
Described as condition almost
without parallel the year closes with
the industry's untitled order books
holding enough business to keep
The looms in active operation for
an estimated Is TO 18 weeks.
Print Cloth Prices Up
AS another measure Of the swing,
textile interests point to the very
strong tone of quotations for cot
ton goods. Throughout the print
cloth division prices rose during the
year from to 4 cents a yard, show
ing exceptional firnness at the peak
under the force Of mounting de-
mands of buyers for prompt deliv-
cries. Other divisions of the market
were said to have shown cores
ponding gains.
The raw cotton market felt the
stimulating influence Of events in
the spinning world, although futures
prices moved indecisivlely after
reaching top in October.
Late reactionary tendencies were
attributed to upward revisions Of
crop estimates, pointing finally to
an outurn of around 100000 bales
in contrast with earlier indications
of yield Of more than 1000 600
bales
The price Of mitsdiing spot cotton
at New York averaged about 1906
cents pound, with the years range
1866 cents-11.20 cents.
Domestic consumption was esti-
mated by the New York cotton ex-
change at 1850 900 bales against ST.
651,000 bales in 1885 and 5,4I9 600
bales in 1884 World consumption
of all growths was placed at 49,
100000 against Is 1869 900 in 1885 and
25,432,0O0 in 1894. World consump-
ton of American cotton was esti-
mated at 12.53O,0Oo bales compared
with 11,594,000 bales in 1885 and
12,490,000 in 1884.
Exports of Arerican fiber were
calculated at 100000 bales against
5,826,Oo0 bales in 1885 and $3.50
in 1884.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-07
SIMMONS ON
TWO SITkA
HOPS TODAY
AAT Pilot Takes Eight Pas
sengers Out Of juneau,
Brings Two Back

Two flights to Sitka and return
were the stint of Pilot Of Pilot
Sheldon Simmons in the Alaska Air
Transport Nugget, today.
Leaving Juneau at O'Clock this
morning, with six passengers, five
for Goddard and one for Sitka,
Simmons returned to Juneau at
12:15 this afternoon. Hopping off
again at l O'Clock, Simmons flew
two passengers from Juneau to Sit
ka, and was to return this after
noon about $3.50 o'clock. with Milt
Odom, who made the first flight
out with him this morning, and
one other passenger, Mr. Hans.
Passengers outbound with Sim
mons on his flight from Juneau this
morning were: Alfred Dishaw, Ar
chic MacDougall, Mr. and Mrs. M
A. Treptre and their daughter
Eleanor, all for Goddard, and L. M
Odom, Frye and Company repre-
sentative. round trip passenger to
Sitka.
Outbound from juneau to Sitka
with Simmons on his flight TINS af
tclnoon were: Miss Esther NJ. Nor
ris. Supervisor of Home Economics
for the Territorial Department of
Education. Vocational Division, and
Charles Veach.
Bud Bedding made this after
Moons flight in the AAT plane, as
flight mechanic.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-07

Permanent Waves $3.50 up. Phone
666. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-07

western" actor and living in North
Hollywood. She plays occasional
bits in films.
But Hollywood stil makes serials,
and with profit. They are different
now, with their thrills "doctored7
and purged Of ingredients supposed
to be discriminating to child pat
rons. The companies that make
them, however still dlaw dividends
ffom the weekly surge Of youngsters
on matinee box offices.
Jcan Is Modern Queen
Buck Jones, Larry Crabbe, Ken
Maynard, Tom Mix, Grant Withers,
Don Briggs and other name players,
moro OF less known, frequently par
ticipate in chapter plays The SER
ials nowadays run to westerns or
else are dramatizaticns OF we'll
known action" comic strips.
And it may be there is modern
serial queen, after all she would
be Jean Rogers, 20-year old blonde
from Belmont Mass, who used to
be Eleanor Lovegren. She has been
leading lady in half a dozen serials.
Her fame in Hollywood is not
great. but her fan mail from juve-
niles is nothing to sneer at
Recently She went with other
Universal players to appear in per-
son at q downtown function The
others. who play in features, got a
hand-but the cheers from the boys
and girls were all for Jean Rogers.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-07

The tree-frog is more closely re-
lated in structure to toads than to
frogs proper.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-07
c. ID. BEALE SETS
FINE EXAMPLE FOR
SIDEWALK OWNERS

c. D. Beale JIG an example-setter
and as a result tc was proudly dis
playing a blister c-i his hand today.
The genial manager OF the Capital
and Coliseum theatres decided his
customers should not have to bring
their skates along to get into his
Capital show house so he produced
the old shovel and went to work,
cleaning the walk of snow and ice
down to Harry Races corner at
ITiangle Place.
1t was being pointed out today as
an excellent example of other side
walk owners in Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-07
NOTICE TO PUBLIC

On and after Jan. / 1887, coal
and feed will be sold only for cash
~ delivery. d. B. Femmer. Phone
ia. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-07

The elosed season on mullet fish
ing in Florida begins December l
and extends to January 20.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-18
Swine Specialist
to Be in County
Public Invited to See Pictures
and Hear Lecture on Care
and Treatment of Hogs
&C. J. RICH)


A hog may be just a hog, but
there is difference in the way
many hogs are managed and in the
way they should be managed for
most profitable results. A hog prop
erly managed will respond to this
treatment if he has good breeding
back of him. But it is doubtful if
any hog is profitable when not prop
erly managed and properly fed.
Everyone should be interested in
the pictures and talk to be given on
this subject at West Jefferson, We'd
nesday, February "a at 10 a. m.
The management of the Parkway
Theatre has been so kind and coop
erative as to permit the use OF their
building for this occasion. We are
very grateful to them.
Mr.. H. w. Taylor, extension swine
specialist of State College will give
the talk and show the pictures. i.
Ladies as well as men are invited
to attend. Farmers, business men, OF
Ashe county, bring your families and
come. Other counties are turning out
to see these pictures to the extent OF
200 or more people. Will we, in this
good county Of ours, be less inter-
ested? Let's show each other as well
as other counties that we are inter-
ested.
Be sure to come Wednesday, Feb
ruary "a, 1887 at 10 a. m.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-18
John jenkins
Finishes Part
ofPen Terms
To Return This Week to Serve
Sentence for Staying Young
Joseph GRAPHICAL

John Jenkins finished one Of his
two prison sentences Tuesday morn
ing in Atlanta where he has been
for the past four years. He was con-
victed on the federal charge of rob-
bling a building in which post Of
flee was located. He was sentenced
in May, 1882, to seven years in the
federal penetentiary. The shortened
time is due to good behaviour in
compliance with prison rulings.
This week, Jenkins is to be return
ed to Raleigh to begin thirty-year
sentence in connection with the
murder of Joseph GRAPHICAL. The
GRAPHICAL murder and Jenkins's sub
sequent trial was one of the out
standing cases in the history of the
Ashe courts. The federal charge
Jenkins was convicted on was COM
mitted in Watauga county.
Immediately upon hearing that
Jenl1inss term in Atlanta had ex-
pired, Sheriff w. E. Miller and Dep
uty Walter Stringer left for Georgia
with capias and other papers to take
him into custody Jenkins refused to
come back to North Carolina with
out extradition papers. Governor
Hoey issued the proper requisition
papers to the Governor of Georgia
and no trouble is expected in having
the letter of the law carried out.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-18
Boiler Explosion
Kills ; Persons

Three persons were killed, and
another was injured when a steam
boiler on traction engine explod-
ed near Advance, N. c., this week.
Pumping of water into the boil
er after the level had been allowed
to get too low was believed re-
sponsible for the accident, which
happened on the farm of E. J.
Potts. A large section of garden
palings was picked up near the
point of the blast and literally
blown to splinters. Portions of the
dead mems bodies were hurled to
great distances. Gearings off the
engine proper were hurled about
like leaves in the wind. The rum
ming gears of the tractor itself
were stood on end by the crash,
later falling across small pickup
truck which stood nearby.
The walls of the boiler, where
no corroSion had occurred, were
torn like thin pieces of paper.
Window panes dozen yards from
the scene were shattered.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-18
Dust Storms Are
Raging in Texas

Dust stormS-ranging from a
''black blizzard" in Oklahoma to
a red-brow1a haze in north Texas
whipped over parts of four
southwestern states this week.
The storms spread in the old
"duSt bowl" sectors of Colorado,
Texas and Oklahoma and in north
west Kansas.
Visibility dwindled to 100 feet
here, to block at Amarillo, Tex,
and to less than a block at Colby,
in northwestern Kansas.
The winds caught up the loose
top soil of the long-dry fields in
the Oklahoma panhandle. Motor
lists and housewives turned on
lights.
The storm moved into southern
Colorado, delaying highway travel
at times. Thin clouds drifted into
Denver.
The dust at Dallas was the first
in many months. It moved out of
the panhandle. Berger and Lub-
book were in the path of the
storm.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-18
Greer and Hash Cast Vote for
State Referendum; 20 Days
Before Counties Vote
TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS

The Senate passed the county op-
ton liquor bill late Tuesday after
adopting several minor amendments
to the measure There was no record
vote.
The bill, previously passed by the
House of Representatives, was re-
turned to the House for approval as
amended. Legislative leaders said
the lower body probably would act
ON the proposal today and that it
would be ratified into law.
Under the measure, each county
could call for elections on the crea-
ton of liquor stores.
The bill was passed by the Senate
after an amendment calling for a
Statewide referendum on the liquor
question was defeated by q to II
vote.
Greer and Hash Vote
Senator Roby Greer and Repre-
sentative j. B. Hash both voted for
a statewide referendum.
Chief Amendments
The adopted amendments, none of
which was material, would:
/. Prohibit football drinking.
2. Cause stores to fix uniform
prices.
3. Allow stricter supervision of
stores and prohibit the placing of a
liquor store in township which vot-
ed dry although the county voted
wet.
f. Require a 20-day notice of the
opening of the registration books
and provide for one ballot instead of
two as previously stipulated.
Senator Martin of Davidson, who
led the fight for State referendum,
declared:
"This to me is not matter of eco
Monies, taxes or revenue, and why
Continued on Page ~
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-18
Farmers Invited
to Attend Meet
Meeting for Discussion of 1887
Program Will Be Held in
Jefferson on 23rd

Every farmer in Ashe county is
interested in making his farm more
productive. But some of them find it
more expensive to enrich their soils
than they can afford.
The Federal Soil Conservation
Program offers help to all farmers
in meeting the expenses of soil i'm
provement through a plan of reim-
bursement for doing soil improving
jobs or practices.
This program is to be discussed at
a meeting for all farmers in the
county. This meeting is to be held
in the courthouse in Jefferson on
Tuesday, February %, at 200 p. m.
It is to the interest of every farm
er to attend this meeting.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-18
3 Arrests Made in Connection
With Mystery Case; Reward
Offered for Slayer
INDIGNATION RUNS HIGH

Elva Brannock, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Jeff Brannock of the Sad
die Mountain community in Allie
ghany county near the county seat
of Sparta, was found dead Friday
after she had been missing from
home since the preceding Monday.
She was student at Dividing Ridge
School in the eastern part of the
county and was last seen Monday
morning when she left for school.
The body was found in thick piece
of woods about quarter of a mile
from the schoolhouse. She had been
neatly laid out with her books in an
orderly stack near her head. Her
body had already started to decom-
pose but Coroner Mack Roberts an
nounced that she had been GRIMM
ally assaulted and then strangled to
death. According to signs, she had
been dragged around 4 hundred
feet from where she was killed.
Funeral services were held Satur-
day and reports are that the biggest
crowd to ever assemble in the coun-
ty attended.
Sheriff Walter Irwin and his dep
uties assisted by Federal officers
are working on every clue that can
be found. Three arrests have been
made, but Sheriff Irwin indicated
that none of the three was consider
ed the perpetrator of the crime. Sam
Phipps was arrested Monday. Pre-
viously Everett and Deltner FORMER
had been taken in custody. They
were held on minor charges.
Irwin said several residents of the
community had appealed to him to
round up all persons in the COM
munity who might be termed "un-
desirable"
The Staying of the high school girl
Monday of last week before she ar
rived at the Dividing Ridge school
house had caused parents of the
community to take extra precau-
tions. for their children. Miss Lola
AndefsQn, principal cfwthe' one
teacher school which Elva attended,
said Monday there were only II
pupils present as compared with a
normal attendance of %.
Indignation and feeling over the
crime is running high and a reward
for the apprehension of the killer
has been made up of over hundred
dollars. A first-class lynching could
hardly be averted if the criminal is
found any time within the near
future.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-18
Earth's Wealthiest
Man Celebrates

Thousands of Mohammedans
bowed down to earth this week in
Indian to thank Allah for the life
of the worlds richest man, the
Nizam of Hyderabad.
Solemn prayers were uttered by
roadsides as the Nam, possessor
of an estimated annual income of
$50,000,000, passed through the
streets to open his silver jubilee,
riding in 26-year-old Rolls Royce
reurbished for the occasion.
The Nizam's stored weather.
puted to include $260,000,000 in
gold bars and $2,000,000,000 in
precious gems-will be augmented
by his jubilee when other poten-
tates and his subjects shower gifts
on the ruler, expected to total
more than $1,OOO,OOO in value.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-18

This youngster found a temporary
home in box car when the Missis-
sippi river flood drove him from his
own home. He took flood discom-
fort in his stride. One thing that
may account for his obvious high
spirits was the fact that water short
age eliminated his Saturday night
bath and the daily scrubbing be-
behind the ears. It was estimated
that more than 100000 people in
the Ohio and Mississippi valleys
were rendered homeless by the flood.
The known dead were estimated in
excess of 400. Contributions by citi-
zens everywhere to the special re-
lief fund of the Red Cross were
more than $17,000,O00. The storms
damage was estimated at close to
a billion dollars.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-18
Much Interest i'm
Amateurs NIGHT
List of Talented Children in This
County to Compete for Cash
Awards Pleases Sponsors

Interest is growing rapidly in the
amateur night that is being sponsor
ed by the Jefferson graded school at
the gymnasium in that city next
Friday evening and the management
is swell pleased with the number of
talented children that have been en-
tered.
Cash awards will be given to the
prize winners and all children who
have any stage talent are urged to
enter at once The public is cordially
invited to attend this program which
pomises to be one of the best anna
teur programs for children that has
ever been presented in the county.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-18
Sale Going On
at Belk's Store
Many Bargains Going at a Price
That Cannot Be Duplicated
Due to Rise i'm Prices

Belk's Department Store in this
city will start an annual clearance
sale in West Jefferson Friday, Feb.
10 and end on Saturday, March 6.
A feature of the sale is that the
values offered represent bargains
that cannot be duplicated due to the
rise in prices of all merchandise. The
fall and winter goods must make
way for spring goods and the public
is invited to take advantage Of the
price slashes that must be made in
order to clear the store shelves.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-18
HIGH SCHOOL GIRL
is ATTACKED AND.
SLAIN NEAR SPARTA
C. B. PRICE LOSES
HIS HOME BY FIRE

The home of G. B. Price at Clifton
was destroyed by fire Wednesday
morning. The fire is reported to have
caught on the roof from sparks from
the chimney:
No upstairs furniture was saved
but the most of the furniture down.
stairs was carried out. The house
was partially covered by insurance.
Mr.. Price, who is principal of the
Jefferson High School, had left home
for Jefferson when the fire broke
out.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-18
House and Senate Pass
Bill to Allow Counties
to Vote on Liquor Issue
JURORS MUST
PAY SO TAXES

Under the new jury law as re-
Gently passed for AShe County,
the jury list will be revised by
the county commissioners ON the
first Monday in March, 1887, in
stead of the first Monday in
July, as provided under the
statewide law. Unlike the old
law, under the new, only those
who have paid their taxes for
1896 are eligible to serve as
jurors. LIN order TO be qualified
for jury service one must pay
his taxes for 1886 on or before
the first Monday in March, 1887.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-18
late NEWC
FROM THE
State and Nation
Hunt Slayer of
Buffalo Girl

Thousands of persons have been
questioned by police in Buffalo, N.
Y, in connection with the Staying
OF Miss Mary Ellen Babcock, Is,
found brutally beaten to death in
lonely roadside spot on the out
skirts of the city.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-18
WORK SHEETS NOW BEING
FILLED BY ASHE FARMERS

Every farmer is invited to take
part in the 1887 Soil Conservation
program by filling work sheet.
Farmers who filled work sheets in
1895 are not required to fill one in
1897. Work sheets may be filled out
in the county agents office in the
courthouse in Jefferson.
Get yours filled out on your first
trip to Jefferson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-18
Local Interest
inCas Tax

The proposed taxation of chain
gasoline stations in the state has
aroused much interest in Ashe
county. kilograms and phone mes
sages have been sent to Senator
Greer and other senators to halt
the measure which has already
passed the house.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-18
ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
MEETING ON SATURDAY

]. Ivan Miller, county superinten-
dent of schools, wishes to call atten-
ton to the meeting of elementary
teachers that will be held in the
courthouse Saturday afternoon at
one o'clock. An interesting program
has been worked out and all teach
ers are urged to be present.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-18

Mrs. w. D. Mcmillan skidded off
the snowy road between Jefferson
and West Jefferson Tuesday morn
ing. Her car was damaged but she,
fortunately, escaped any injury.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-18

This aged inhabitant who fled the
rich Mississippi bottom lands in the
face Of the raging flood waters Of
stOp Man River" has a startled
stare for the photographer who
snapped him at his refugee camp in
Memphis.
The Republican., 1937-12-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Olin Friend, Friends
vile, visited Oakland Saturday.
The Christmas treat for members OF
the Deep Creek Lake Sunday school
will be given out on Thursday evening,
December %, according to an an
ncuncement made by officers of the
school on Saturday.
Mrs. John G. Robinson and grand
daughter, Martha Jane Baird, left
Oakland Monday for New York City
where Mrs. Robinson will remain fol-
an indefinite period. Miss Baird will
return when school reopens.
DR.. and Mrs. Dana L. Farnsworth,
Williamstown, Mass, and Mrs. Lin
wood Zinn, of Hartford, Conn.,, were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. George Hanst
on Sunday night, while enl cute to
their homes in West Virginia to spend
the Christmas holidays.
James P. Treacy returned to Oak
land on Sunday from a visit of some
time with his family in Washington,
D. C. He was accompanied here by two
of his sons, Maurice and Jack, who
will remain during a portion of the
holiday season before returning to a
school they are attending in Washing
ton.
Mrs. Matte Kelley, of the Sunny
side community was taken to hos
pital at Philippi, West Va, on Sat
urday, where her left leg was ampu-
tated at a point above her knee. Mrs.
Kelley is 81 years of age and it was
impossible to administer anything
but a local anaesthetic during the
operation.
Miss Roseanna White entertained
members Of her Sunday school class
at a Christmas party at her home
north of Oakland, last Wednesday ev-
ening. Guests included Miss Berry
Davis, teacher; Mae Drum Whipkey
Evelyn Fike, Dixie Lee McNemar, Es-
ther Lou Davis, Julia Ann Aronhalt
Maxine Mason and Mary Mitchell.
Invitations have been received in
Oakland to the approaching marriage
of Miss Mary Markham Disharon, of
Baltimore, daughter of Mrs. Mary
Cain, to Mr.. Terrence Tamburini, OF
Clarksburg, w. Va, former resident
of Oakland. The ceremony is to be
performed Tuesday, January 6, 1888
at 9 o'clock in SIS Philips and James
church, Baltimore. Mr.. Tamburin
while in Oakland, was an employe Of
the Coffman-Fisher company store
Mrs. Cain and her daughter have beer
summer residents in Oakland.
The Republican., 1937-12-23
c o v E

The Rich Hill. school will hold a
Christmas program on December 22
at ten o'clock. ...,...
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hickman and
family visited Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Glass on Sunday. .....
The English Lutheran church here
had Christmas program on Sunday,
December 10, at 2:30 o'clock. The
program was well arranged and was
we'll presented before splendid audi
ence. ,...
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hickman and
family were in Confluence, Pa, Wis
iting Mrs. Hockman's relatives and
as business callers.
Mr.. Kolb received a painful cut on
his foot by an axe, the wound being OF
such nature that a surgeon was re-
quired to close the cut.
Members of the Missouri Lutheran
church will present Christmas pro-
gram on Christmas Eve, when every
one will find a welcome.