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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-05
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
North Carolina
A She County

North Carolina
Ashe County
Having qualified as Administrator
of Mrs. Mary Spencer, late of the
State Of Virginia, who died leaving
property in Ashe County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all persons
having claims against the said estate
to present them to the undersigned
for payment on or before July 1888
or this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate will make
prompt payment to the undersigned
This July /, 1887.
GUY T. BADGER, Administrator
of Mrs. Mary Spencer, decd. 8-15
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Carolina, on or before the 18th day
OF July, 1888, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate pay
ment.
This the 18th day of July, 1887.
EARL R. MILLER, Administrator
OF Will M. Miller, Deceased. 8-25a
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ASHE MFC.CO.

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TRAILERS FOR SALE
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Priced at only $4,000.
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as administrator
of the estate of Will M. Miller, de-
ceased, late of Ashe County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all per-
sons having claims against the estate
of the said deceased to exhibit them
to the undersigned at Comet, North
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RorUainc Engines, Tractors,
Saw Mills, Wood
Working and Road Building Machin-
cry, Well Drilling Machines, Case
line Engines, etc.-R. P. JOHNSON,
Wytheville, Va.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15

with a view Cd to exerting its
influence toward orderly conditions
in the money market and CD to
facilitating the orderly adjustment
Of member banks to the increased
reserve requirements effective May
[, 1887, the open market committee
of the federal reserve system is pre-
pared to make open market pur-
chases of government securities for
the account of federal reserve banks
in such amounts and at such times
as may be desirable"
Purchase of government securi-
ties in the open market by the fed
eral reserve banks-they now own
S2,430, ,000,0 900 Of government bills,
notes and bonds-will create re-
serves for the member banks, and
thus make it easier for them to
meet the May l banking reserve in
crease, without reducing their hold
ing of government securities. This
should make money easier.
The security and commodlty
markets were given rather severe
jolt by the President when he told
the correspondents that prices of
durable goods, especially steel and
copper, were too high and that it
was time for a shift in federal ex-
penditure from them so as to spread
the national income more evenly.
He said that instead of spending fed
eral funds on steel bridges, huge
cement dams and similar perma-
nent projects, government relief
spending should be diverted as far
as possible to dredging, construc-
ton of earth dams, and other prof.
ects which do not draw on durable
goods.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15
Army Day Marks Americas
Entry Into the War

PROCLAIMED by the President,
L congress and all governors,
Army day was celebrated through
out the nation on April 6, the twen-
tieth anniversary of Americas en-
trance into the World war.
The keynote of Army day, ac-
cording to Rear Admiral Reginald
R. Belknap, U. S. N. retired, gen.
eral chairman of the day, is peace
through preparedness"
I'VE who have seen the terrible
destruction wrought by war want to
do all in our power to avoid another
war;" he said. "The best way to do
this, we believe, is by having a
strong, well-trained, well-equipped
army and navy. So strengthened,
an aggressor nation will think twice
before trying to draw us into war" p"
The best way to achieve this pre-
paredness, he added. is by carry
ing out the provisions of the Nation
al Defense act of 1920, in appropri-
ations, personnel, material and
training. He also urged continuing
the navy at full treaty strength,
fully manned, actively trained and
with an adequate trained reserve.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15
MIR. Currier and MIR. Ives

THEY gave Americans of their
l. day the equivalent of the news
reels of today. They were the pic
torial historians of contemporary
American life century ago when
newspapers contained little or no
picture material except an oc-
casional fashion print.
When a steamboat blew up, a
great fire swept a city or some
other disaster occurred, Mr.. Cur
rier and Mr.. Ives Immediately put
out a colored picture of the event
with plenty of action in it. When
the United States was at war, they
issued splendid battle pictures with
plumed generals on prancing horses
(and plenty of cory detail as to dead
and wounded soldiers). There were
pictures of horse races and other
sporting events, there were pictures
Of swift clipper ships and pictures
Of the first transcontinental trains
running amidst Indians and buffalo.
There were highly moral pictures
there were even "comic strips"
-caricatures of life among the ne
groes, called ''Darktown Comics"
1t all started back in 1880 when
young Nathaniel Currier, working
as an apprentice to John Pendle-
ton, who had returned from Europe
with the new art of lithography, be-
gan thinking of setting up his own
business. So he went to New York
and started as a photographer in
partnership with a young man
named Stoddard. This partnership
lasted only a year but in 1885 Cur
rier began again. He soon built I'D
a profitable business but it wasn't
until 1850 when James A. Ives be-
came his partner that fame and
fortune came to them.
For 80 years Mr.. Currier and Mr..
Ives were "printmakerS to the
American people" and Currier and
Ives prints of one sort or another
were to be found on the walls of
virtually every American home. In
1880 Currier retired with a fortune
but the firm continued with a son
of the founder in his place. In
1888 machine color printing was ap-
piled to their product and even
greater numbers of their pictures
| flooded the country.
In recent years Currier and Ives
prints have become Americana"
Where once these prints sold from
six cents to So, they are now sell
ing for anywhere from $40 to $500.
And one of them recently brought
$1,000!
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15
Answers

/. A cat has an acute balancing
sense and very flexible muscles.
Instinct teaches it to twist itself
so that it's feet will reach the
ground before it's body.
2. Roman philosopher, born 4
B. C.
3. Scientific investigation tells
us that the size of the block of
ice is actually greater than the
actual dimension of the water, be-
cause water expands as it is
frozen to form ice.
4. The largest tribes are the Ma
vajo, the Sioux and the Chippe-
was, with respective counts of
44,078, 35,412 and 26,127.
S. Barbarous or mongrel Latin.
&. George II of England.
7. Sweet.
8. Mobile, Ala. Over it has flown
the flags of France, Spain, Eng
land, United States and the Con-
federacy.
9. Ireland.
10. Eighty feet. Encountered in
the North Atlantic by the British
steamship Majestic in 1922.
II. Retaliation, as a form of JUS
tice.
IL. Smoothly connected.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15

tion at the conference, said the cost
of bituminous coal at the mine
would 60 up at least Is cents ton.
The miners won raise of so cents
a day, but lost their demand for a
3O-hour week. The 35-hour week, or
Z hours day and days a week,
which was in effect under the old
contract, will remain. Also the men
failed to get two weeks vacation
with pay and a guaranty of 200
days of work year.
The strike In the Ford plant in
Kansas City came to an end and
the members of the United Auto
mobile Workers were boasting of
gaining a victory over the imper-
turbable Henry. But the advantage
they won was slight and temporary,
and the battle with Ford is yet to
be fought.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15
Three Cornered Contest
Coming in Oil Fields

THERE is going to be a lively
l. three-cornered struggle in the
southwestern oil fields. The G. I. O.,
whose plans in that direction were
mentioned in this column not long
ago, has begun the campaign to or
ganize the workers in the Texas
field. Harvey c. Fremming Of
Washington, president of the Inter-
national Association of Oil Field,
Gas Well and Refinery Workers and
close friend of John Lewis, is in
charge of the operations. A rival
movement for members and pres
tige will be started in few days
by the A. F. of L.
Gov. James v. Alfred of Texas
has given notice that he will use
"every resource" against sit-down
strikes, which he declares are I'M
lawful and un-American. He added:
MY investigation convinces me
that sit-down strike organizers have
invaded Texas. Sit-doWn methods
do not represent the desires of an
overwhelming majority Of organized
labor in this state"
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15

coat, her dress, and her hair ribbon
all evening. She was accompanied
by Anton Litvak.
ODDS AND ENDS-A makeup girl
at the Paramount studio has nUelue
,Urist matches giuen to her by grateful
stars. Just to be different Frances Dee
gaze her an alarm clock at the finish
Of Souls at Sea" Ann Sothern
,ciu probably ,Uin the airlines award
for the most persistent air-cOmniuter
Of the year. Whenever she has t,oo or
three days to spare, she dashes off to
Chicago to see her husband, Roger
Pryor. ,oho is leading band there
-. Everyone at Paramount is glad to
haze Marlene Dietrich back, particu.
larly the electricians and carpenters
on her set. She brings such luscious
Viennese cakes and cookies to them.
g Western Newspaper Union.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15
Radicals Stage Sit-Down
in Minnesota Senate

NEARLY 1000 Farmer-Labor
~ zealots, apparently inspired by
pointed remarks of Gov. Elmer A.
Benson, began a sit-own siege in
the Minnesota state house in an
effort to force the state legislators
to enact Gov. Bensons program to
soak the rich and petition congress
to pack the Supreme court of the
United States.
They chose the senate chamber
for their legislative demonstration.
They chose this chamber because
the senate, conservative in its eco
nomic and political makeup, sue
cessfully has baked the governor S
radical program. The house has
been more plant.
In their sit-down siege the lobby
lists had the apparent blessing, if
not the indirect encouragement, of
Governor Benson.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15
Trial Without Jury
Upheld by High Court

TN A decision denying the right
l. of trial by jury in criminal cases
where the maximum punishment is
not more than three months in pris-
on, the Supreme court divided to 2,
with two justices whom the New
Dealers most frequently denounce
by name coming to the defense of
human liberties.
Justice James Clark McReynolds,
who has held against the New Deal
in all except two important cases,
wrote the dissenting opinion in the
jury trial case, and Justice Pierce
BLtler, author of the opinion in
validating New York states mini
mum wage act last year, concurred
with him. The dissenting opinion de-
clare that constitutional guaran-
tees ought not to be subordinated
to convenience, nor denied upon
questionable precedents or uncertain
reasoning"
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15
UNCOMMON
AMERICANS
$3.50
By Elmo C Western
~ uy Newspaper
OCOLL W uISON Union
Father of the Cattle Trails

IL naO not Deen IOr Joseph I.
L Mccoy, there might never have
occurred that epic migration over
the cattle trails from Texas to the
north during the seventies and
eighties. In that case the history
of the Lone Star State-and the
whole West, for that matter-might
have been very different. Mccoy,
native of Springfield, ILL.,, was a
stockman and cattle buyer who
went to the raw little frontier town
of Abilene, Kan, soon after the
Civil war was over.
That conflict had ruined the cat
tlemen in Texas. Shut off from
the Northern markets by the Union
control of the Mississippi river,
their herds had increased enor-
mously, but without a place to sell
the animals, they were compar-
atively worthless. Then the Kan
sas Pacific railroad, which was
building west, reached Abilene and
Mccoy was inspired with a wonder
full idea.
If he could get the Texas drovers
to drive their herds north across
Indian territory to Abilene, grazing
them on the rich prairie grass as
they came, Abilene would be the
market place and shipping center
where Texas sellers and Chicago
and Kansas City buyers could
meet. Despite many obstacles, in
Guiding the prevalent belief that
Texas beef was not as good as
that grown in the Middle West, Nc
Coy went about the job of making
his dream come true.
In July, 1867, he began raising
money to build shipping yard"
a barn and office and to begin the
construction of a large, three-story
frame hotel for the accommodation
of Texas drovers and eastern buy
ers. His next task was to get
word to the cattlemen more than
400 miles away to the south. AL
though the time was short he man.
aged to persuade enough of them
to make the experiment so that
they marketed 35, 600 head of cattle
in Abilene that fall and received
approximately SIS head for their
steers. Previous to that time steers
were selling for SIS head in Texas.
The next year more than $4,000
cattle were marketed there. By
1871 that number had jumped to
10000 and by the next year to
$4,000. From that time on Texas
cattle poured north by the hundreds
of thousands over the original cattle
trail from the Red river to Abb
lene and other trails which were
laid out. Other Kansas "cow towns"
began to boom with activity as the
railroad was pushed farther west
and southwest and there was added
to our history that thrilling chap
ter when the cattleman was king.
And all of this was due to the vision
of one man-Joseph G. Mccoy, the
Father of the Cattle Trails"
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15
STAR
DUST
: Movie Radio
XXX BY VIRGINIA VALE+*J

WHILE the director,
w George Cukor, was in
New York making film tests
of Southern debutantes and
several young actresses from
New York stage, the news in
advertently leaked out in
Hollywood that David Selz-
nick, the producer, had al
ready made up his mind
about who should play the
leads in "Gone With the
Wind"
Miriam Hopkins is to play Scar
lett, Clark Gable will be Rhett, Janet
Gaynor draws the appealing role Of
Melanie, and Leslie Howard will be
Ashley, whom Scarlet loves but
loses. Undoubtedly if the tests made
in New York show real talent, the
girls will be put under contract to
play supporting roles in Gone With
the Wind" or for future pictures.
That cast that Hal Roach has
lined up to support Constance Ben
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15

one agrees that 1t
brings more glory to
Jimmy Stewart than
to Simone Simon
though she is pert
and appealing in the
role that brought
Janet Gaynor fame.
Simone arrived at
the preview wearing
a hair ribbon tied in
a demure bow just
over her forehead,
and was so notice.
ably nervous that
she fidgeted with her
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15
Ask Me Another
@ 4 General Quiz
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
@ Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service.


l. Why does a cat always fall
on its feet?
2. Who was Seneca?
3. Would the water which was
used to make a piece of ice oc-
cupy the same space as the frozen
block?
4. What are the largest tribes of
Indians?
5. What is meant by "dog Lat
in"?
6. For whom was the state of
Georgia named?
7. What quality does "sacchar-
inc" mean?
8. What city is called the City
of Five Flags?
9 What country has neither
army nor navy?
10. What is the greatest height of
a wave at sea during a storm that
has been reported?
II. In law, that is "talion"?
IL. In music, what does ''legato"
mean?
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15

harbor board, says the canal IS eco
nomically unsound.
Neither report was made public
at once, but the War department
said General Markham recommend
ed an Atlantic-Gulf waterway 33
feet deep and 400 feet wide.
The canal was started once by
President Roosevelt, but in 1886 con-
gress failed to appropriate addi-
tional money and work was stopped.
The fight in congress against the
4unds was led by Senator Arthur H.
Vandenberg who contended the gi-
ant seaway was unjustified econom-
ically.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15

exquisite clothes, are next in impor-
tance, and Roland Young and Alan
Mowbray join the cast to add to
the hilarity. Even if Greta Garbo
were playing the lead, more i'm
posing cast could not have been
commandeered.
A current picture that everyone
likes, and that men are particularly
enthusiastic over is ''Sea Devils" an
RKO picture with Victor McLaglen.
There is a storm at sea in this one
that will make you grip the arms Of
your theater seat or your companion
and if you don't let out few loud
gasps, you won't be like the majority
in the preview audience. Ida Lupino
plays the lead skillfully, but the
girl you will remember is Helen
Flint who gives a brilliant perform
ance as a tough character.
So many people complained about
the moderately-happy ending of
Lost Horizon" that the director
changed it several weeks after the
picture had started its triumphant
run in New York and Los Angeles.
The ending that the rest of the
country will see makes it appear
very doubtful that Ronald Colman
will ever fight his way through a
blizzard to the heavenly peace of
Shangri-la high in the Thibetan hills.
With either ending this is picture
that everyone will want to see.
Fruits and vegetables are the he
roes and heroines of a movie being
shown extensively in the producing
regions of the South and Far West.
The picture, designed to bring the
big city auction markets to grow
ers, dramatizes the selling process
on a typical auction market where
thousands of cars of fruits and veg
etables are translated into millions
of dollars in revenue to the growers
every year.
X
List among your future film
favorites Ella Logan whom you will
soon see in UniversaPs "Top of the
Town." She is the enchanting sing
er with thick Scottish burr to her
voice who, accent or no, used to
shout swing music over the radio
best when she sings simple songs,
but swing addicts rave about her
ability to improvise new hi-de-hos.
Seventh Heaven" was previewed
in Hollywood this week and every
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15

sibility and mapping out the details.
'All rivers of the United States
should be controlled by the nation if
their nature is subject to it by ma
tional flood control policy" the SEN
ator said. whenever the river will
develop power, we should take ad-
vantage of it. I've always regarded
power as a subsidiary or by-Idcduct
of food control"
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15
Uncle Mi6
Says: ~
Haste Versus Hurry

There is a distinction between
haste and hurry-hurry adding to
rapidity the element of confusion.
Good deeds are scarcer than
bad ones, but one evil act will
keep people talking longer than a
hundred good ones.
A man of culture is respected
for it. Don't be afraid of acquir-
ing it, only be sure of getting
enough.
Take a Hand in the Doings
To enjoy a celebration, be one
of the performers in it instead Of
a looker-on.
Self-denial is good for everyone
notwithstanding each enforcement
of it nearly ruins ones temper.
Time cures grief and fortunate
ly, anger, too.
We are all busy seeing the other
fellows duty; and generally it is
a fact that he isn't doing it.
Unsatisfyine Retribu+ion
Observant men have made up
their minds to this: Retribution
is seldom adequate.
Most envy, says the old-timer,
is based on the fact that he failed
to see the chance the other fellow
took.
The eager expectancy of youth
is the source of so much enthusi-
asm for a better world.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15
Miners Strike Ends and
Wage Scale Is Signed

ID LUMINOUS coal miners were
- on strike only one day, for the
new wage scale, providing an $685.
900, 900 increase of pay for the 400,-
600 men, was signed by representa-
tives of the operators and the United
Mine Workers Of America. Of
course the consumer will have to
pay for this wage boost. Charles
O'Neill, president of the United
Eastern Coal Sales corporation and
chairman of the operators delega-
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15

the slump. The open
market committee
of the federal re-
serve system dis
cussed the matter
all one day. and
next day President
Roosevelt, Secretary
of tn e Treasury
Morgenthau a n d
Chairman Eccles of
the reserve board
held a long confer
ence. The result wa S
49,. -~@,,~na on r.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15

v allie y authority,
and he intends to in
troduce a bill for
this during the pres
ent session of con-
gress. This he an
nounced after con-
ferring with tn e
President, and he
intimated the idea
was approved by
Mr.. Roosevelt. He
has experts at work
investigating it's fea-
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15

nett In IOpper
Comics entry in,the
high comedy race
has everyone gasp
ing. Cary Grant, so
overwhelmingly pop
ular since he DOM
mated Grace Moore
in when You're in
Love-" draws the
lead. Hedda Hopper
and Billie Burke,
who are just as slick
at comedy lines as
A. 1- a~4 - ,r,oors,o ~
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15

out once more in
congress. Two re-
ports on the matter
have just been filed.
One, from Maj. Gen.
Edward M. Mark
ham, chief of engi-
neers of the army,
says the federal
government would
be justified in COM
pleting the project
at a cost of $751;
921, 900. The other,
from the river and
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15
Reserve Board Supports
Government Issues

DRICES of government bonds
Il have been declining in disturb
ing manner, and the administration
decided to do something to check
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15
Florida Ship Canal
Bobs Up Again

THAT Florida ship canal project,
l. which would cut the state in
two, has come to the fore again
and probably will have to be fought
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15
Norris Still Plans for
National Power Authority

CENATOR GEORGE NORRIS of
- Nebraska is intent on his plan
for the creation of a national power
authority similar to the Tennessee
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-15

Seventh Heaven" was previewed
in Hollywood this week and every
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-30
Dance at ArmOrV
An Enjoyable One

A thoroughly enjoyable event was
the house warming dance given last
evening at the new National Guard
Armory on the Dabney road by the
officers of the various military units
in the city to raise funds for certain
incidentals in connection with the
completion of the project.
Marvin Frederic and his nationally
famous broadcasting orchestra won
the hearts of every dancer with his
tunefuI melodies that pleased.
The wide variety of his arrange
ments of the song hits of today, az
we'll as the favorites of yesteryears
showed the versatility of Frederic and
his band.
Vocalists in the band were excer-
tionally good, and one of the hits OF
the evening was two numbers by Miss
Frances Harrison, talented local
singer, who was accompanied by the
orchestra.
Frederic. pianist-leader of the band
was praised by all dancers. The way
he played and directed reminded
dancers who heard Flo Rito here
some wears back. It was the consensus
of opinion among those who ATTENDED
the dance that Frederic's orchestra
ranked next to Flo Rito as being the
best band ever to play in Henderson
The Armory was decorated WIFI
lighted Christmas trees, and is a:
ideal place for dance.
Due to conflicts with other dances
the number of dancers was not a
great as was expected.