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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28
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ISAIAH
JONES

"Beet strike coming" says news
caption. Evidently and uncondi-
tionally times seem determined to
|get tougher and tougher.
It is one of these glancing smiles
that hits little and slips off like
an AK and strikes somewhere else
that hurts.
I saw a near tragedy last Satur-
day. A driver stopped his car just
in time to get it hit in the side by a
lady. The car was not hurt any.
Two lawyers, twins and women at
that are in partnership. They are
SO identical in every respect that
they have the decided advantage of
sliding out of the truth when they
want to.
Plumbers strike at the National
Capital cause the congressman to
get out their fur coats. They have
been in the skin game so long that
they have a decided advantage over
most of the people in an emergency
like this.
Poets, literary artist and orators
are always talking about mountain
fastness. I don't know whether
they are referring to some of the
usual conduct or to the physical
situation. Anyhow, since l think OF
it, all the mountains in spite of the
faith of the good woman who ex-
pect their removal, are about in the
same place they were since I can
remember.
Most of the people have wit and
the rest of them can at least lay
claim to half of it.
1t democracy wants to remain safe
she had better stay off the N. C..
Highway.
1t is pity that full fedged doc
tor and lawyer could not come out
of college so that they would not
have to practice on the people.
Mark Hopkins and Jimmy Gar
field sat on log and talked oyer
the presidency. That may have
something to do with the origin of
the term presidential timber. Or
it may have been the numbering
noise that some of the candidates
make.
Way back in time children went
over and over their lessons-that is
why they learned them so well.
Now children 60 over and over their
lessons, plumb over them.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28
Start Work
On No. 10 Soon
Several Highway Officials Made
Inspection Yesterday.
Badly Needed.

The badly needed and long prom
ised regarding and hard-surfacing
of the county's artery highway,
number 16, may be started in the
near future.
Yesterday j. G. Hackett, of North
Wilkesboro, who is member OF the
State Highway Commission, z. v
Stuart, district engineer, Buck Hay
worth and two other highway Off
Gals were in the Jeffersons and in
spected the highway.
When questioned regarding their
visit, Mr.. Hackett said that he did
not have any announcement to
make, but that they hoped to get
started on the project just as soon
as possible.
Numerous efforts have been made
to get the state to approve this i'm
portant road building project and
when large delegation appeared
before Mr.. Hackett in August, he
promised that it would be done
when funds were available. High
way Is extends from the Jeffersons
to Trade, Tenn, by Warrensville.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28
To Hold Grading
Demonstrations
In Ashe Nov. 9
State and Federal Specialists to
be Present. 1Meating Cutting
Demonstration Nov. IL.

Two tobacco grading demonstra-
tions will be held in Ashe county on
November 9, County Agent c. J.
Rich announced yesterday, and the
places in which the demonstrations
are to be held will be announced
next week.
w. P. Hedrick, State Tobacco
Marketing Specialist, James A. Nc
Donald, of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture and L. T.
Weeks. assistant Extension Tobacco
Specialist of State College, will be
present and assist Mr.. Rich in hold
ing these demonstrations. Mr.. Nc
Donald will give some valuable in
formation to the farmers relative to
federal grades and the principal
purpose of the demonstrations is to
point out the better methods of
handling tobacco. All farmers who
raise tobacco are cordially invited to
attend the meetings.
Similar demonstrations will be
held in Allegheny county on Nov
ember 8 and Watauga on Nov. 10.
Mr.. Rich also announced that two
meat cutting and curing demon
STATIONS are scheduled for Novem-
Der II in the county. Further de-
tails Will be published next week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28
WHAT OTHER EDITORS ARE SAYING
AUTUMN SPORT

Autumns color parade and mountain air
that add zest to living are calling more people
than usual to Western North Carolina this sea-
son. Nature lovers find the attractions more
than sufficient to supply their needs. Those
who wish to add vigorous sport to their out
door life in the mountains are offered an un-
usually fine sports card that includes deer
hunting in Pisgah National forest, wild boar
hunting in the Unakas, fox hunting and bear
hunting, to say nothing of numerous smaller
animals.
These are glorious days for tramping and
hunting in the open. Many man finds peace
with the word when he needs the call of the
haze-covered hills and, with rifle on shoulder
and dog trotting in front he seeks squirrel or
bear deer, or wild boar. Then at night, he rests
before log fire blazing in the hearth.
Government policies of protection have ma
terially increased wild game in the mountains
and hunting has been improving in recent
years. Perhaps it is not useless to hope that
hunters in future years will find game as
bountiful as in the years before settlers killed
off much of the game.
But there is one thing that is gone that will
not return It is the thrill the; old-time travel
er felt when he heard the sound of the stage
horn as it burst upon the air:
20 bark, o, hear, how thin and clear,
And thinner, clearer, farther going!
O, sweet and far from cliff and scar
The horns of Elfland family blowing!
The horns sweet notes penetrated the hills
and valleys and it's echoes tossed back in
wild and weird cadences To many travellers
there was no other music so inspiring 1t was
sight long to be remembered, old-timerS said,
to see the Concord coacr, drawn by four spirit
ed horses at so miles day pace, rush around
the bend in thick oak plank road. The driver,
whip in hand, was the autocrat of his hand
some gorgeously painted coach.
But that was many years ago. Although we
do not ride in the handsome stage coaches and
the automobile horn has been substituted for
the sweet notes of the stage-horn, there are GER
tain things that remain and will remain: The
beauty and freshness of spring. the lush still
ness of summer, the gorgeous beauty of au-
tumn, the soft SHOWS of winter. In the noun
tains, we have opportunity to enjoy natures
finest canvasses to the fullest. The Ashe-
vile Citizen
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28

used for potatoes, through a higher
tariff on cheap imports now used for
that purpose, was defeated because
it would raise the cost of bags to
potato growers in the West. The
advantage that would accrue to the
South was ignored by those pri-
marily concerned with the welfare
|of the West. It offers an example
of the completely of national prob
Inns and the need for better CO.
relation of our national fields of en-
deavor.
Understanding of these conditions
is the sure road to correction,
through national and state cooper
alton, of many evils in our economic
system.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28
THE PRICE OF SPEED

AS everyone knows, speed is the great high
way killer The motorist who drives at an
excessive rate endangers not only his own life,
but those of everyone else on the public streets
and roads, He can offer but one Excuse" for
his conduct-that super-fast driving gets him
to his destination sooner
The truth is the minutes we save by Excess
sive speed are pitifully, few in the light of the
risk involved. A short time ago test was
made in Chicago A radio announcer was told
to drive his car on an eight-mile trip through
heavy traffic, observing not only every traf-
fic regulation, but every rule of courtesy. At
the same time, a police officer followed the
same route under instructions to take every
risk and reach. the destination in the shortest
possible time Twenty three minutes later the
reckless driver pulled in at the stopping point
The safe, supposedly slow driver, who had
taken no risks at all, got there exactly two
minutes laterA
We have all met the motorist who makes a
trip in length Of time that required him to
risk HUNDREDS lives, and then spends twice the
amount he saved over normal, safe passage,
Boosting about it. None of us are so busy,
none of us have SO great need for saving
few minutes or few hours, that we can afford
the price of, speed" -,
Save ten minutes-take a life" That
should be the motto of the driver who "opens
her up" on every possible occasion Speed and
speed alone*is the dominating factor in the
great bulk Of the nations serious traffic acct
dents Look at it from your own point of view
and from a purely standpoint it worth it!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28
THE TEACHERS PROGRAM

At the one-day good teaching" meeting OF
the Northwestern district of the North Caro-
lima Education association held in Winston
Salem last Friday, six progressive resolutions
were adopted and we are particularly impressed
with the first third and fifth resolutions; The
complete list is as follows:
l. Federal aid for North Carolina schools,
because the state cannot afford to give its
children the training they need"
g. Addition of a 18th grade to the public
school system.
3. Expansion of vocational education.
4. An adequate state appropriation to
relieve school congestion and restore
wage levels of 1929.
S. Passage of teacher tenure law and
retirement income law
6. Strengthening of the certifcation law
to require adequate training for teachers
In view of the fact that North Carolina ranks
far down the list of states in it's financial sup
port of schools as per population and since the
state ranks near the top of the bracket in it's
payment of revenue to the federal government,
we have thought for long time, that Federal
aid for our public school system should be forth
coming.
With an eight months school term, free text
books, and an excellent transportational pro-
gram, North Carolina has one of the foremost
statewide public school systems in the nation
but we do not have adequate revenue to pro-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28

ATENTION!-Our children's, miss
es' and ladies' coats are going fine.
Come on and get yours now and
save money. Children's coats, $1.50
to 1898; Misses coats, $2.98 to $6.98;
Ladies' coats, $6.98 to $11.98; Twin
Sweaters, Sligo to 1898; Ladies
Sweaters, 69c to $2.98; Children's
school oxfords and shoes, &c to
$2.25; Ladies Oxfords, $169 to 1915.
Ball Band rubbers and galoshes for
the entire family. McNEILL,S, West
jefferson, N. c.. =, s:s->~ s~.&~'
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28

Editors note-Senator Reynolds
column for this week comes from
Portland, Oregon, where the Senat-
or visited the Northwest on a trip
combining survey of national con-
ditions with brief vacation, prior
to returning to Washington
From the Pacific coast, after ira
versing a dozen states and talking
with countless hundred people, an
individual gets a better apprecia-
ton of national problems and con-
ditions confronting our people
There is much advantage in look
ing at America from an area de-
voted to development of natural
resources, rather than viewing it
from the industrial East. This is
all the more true when the individ-
ual is concerned with the welfare of
"a particular state in an industrial
area.
A Tar Heel buying a package of
cigarettes in Oregon sees it in new
terms. There comes the realization
that if the cigarettes are made in
North Carolina, the state is definite
ly linked with that package. 1t Gre
ates desire for great numbers of
lpeople to see where cigarettes are
made. Equally as important, it is
realized that the conditions under
which the cigarettes are sold and
the taxes paid by purchasers vitality
affect the wages of factory workers
in North Carolina and the price the
farmer secures for his tobacco Few
get this perspective when they casu-
ally purchase a package of cigarettes
at home.
The same holds true of other
things manufactured in North Car
DINA, towels, furniture, blankets,
cotton and rayon products and it al
so holds true of agricultural COM
modities grown in the state.
It is necessary in this day of great
industrialization that those con-
cerned with legislative programs
have better understanding of
conditions and tax sys-
TENS. 1t is gained through first-hand
No longer are states
a nd communities self sufficient.
"Buy at home" campaigns are fine
things, but if the sale of North Car
DINA products did not extend
throughout the world and those vi
tally concerned did not know the
conditions under which they are
sold and how they can be met, our
workers and farmers would suffer
greatly curtailed income.
The broad program to advertise
and develop North Carolina, now
attention even out here
on the West coast, is evidence that
we live in an era of interstate COM
merce and prosper on new business
and new industry.
In this connection, Tar Heel far
away from home gets still another
perspective. It is that North Caro-
Ina, perhaps more than any other
Southern state, has become all-Am-
erican. It's people have the vision
md energy of the West, the tradi-
ions of the South, the progressive
less of the East and the industrial
interest of the North. It explains
Why North Carolina has forged rap
dly ahead due to it's diversified
lelds OF industry, agriculture and
ommerce.
Those concerned with legislation
ccan that proposal to use cotton
Or manufacturing sacks largely
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28
Fires Are Hazard
To Country Homes

Cold weather brings an increase
in fire hazard to country homes,
warns David S. Weaver, head of
the agricultural engineering de-
partment at State College.
This is due mainly to faults in
the construction of chimneys, fues,
and other parts of heating sys-
TENS, he continued.
Another source Of danger is that
Of allowing infamable material to
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28

ATTENTION, FARMERS AND
HOME OWNERS! I represent the
two Oldest and Largest Nurseries
in the United States; and, am in po-
Cition to write your order for all
kinds of Fruit trees, Shrubbery,
Evergreen, Rose bushes, Shade trees
and ornamental trees at wide range
of prices. See me and place your
order at once. L. c. Phillips, West
jefferson, N. c. 1O-282t
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28

Flues and chimneys should be
cleaned frequently, and particular
ly at the beginning of the cold
weather period when fires are kept
burning to warm the home.
Weaver urged that all farm fami-
lies check over their heating sys-
TENS to make sure that there are no
defects that may lead to a serious
fire.
Fires in the country are much
worse than in town." he said, 'since
few farms homes are equipped with
a pressure water system that would
n c'a it possible to fight the fire
effectively"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28

collect around stoves, fireplace,
chlmneys, or flues where a careless
ly dropped match or a spark may
ignote it.
The use of soft brick and poor
mortar IN an attempt to build
chlmneys inexpensively is respon-
IDLE for many a defect that has
cost farm family it's home, Weaver
added.
No beams or other things should
be attached to chimney for sup
port, he continued, as any weight
on chimney is liable to pull it =
CT lire and cause it to develop
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28

EDWARDS BUS will leave West
=" Jefferson on Sunday, Oct, 31st
at Ia: M. for Bel Air, Md. Special
rates. For information or reservation
call at West Jefferson Hotel or write
w., B. Edwards, Darlington, Md.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28
FIRE ADDS NEW TERROR
TO HOLY LAND OUTBREAK

Jerusalem, Oct. 27.-Fire TONIGHT
added fresh terror to the lengthen-
ing list of Holy Land outrages.
Flames, believed incendiarv
threatened to destroy tn entire Bal
four forest of 100000 trees near
Nazareth. The government Arab
grade school at Haifa was set fire.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28

vide sufficient number of teachers and count
less other things so badly needed
In their drive to get federal aid, the teachers
should receive the unanimous support OF the
public
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28

WANTED TO HIRE-one good farm
hand Will pay $1.OO per day and
bed and board for 80 days or more.
T. K. Luther, Jefferson, N. c.
1923 1tpd
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28

FOR SALE-Jefferson-house now
occupied by the Save The Children
Fund. z rooms and bath; large
garden. See Mrs. Mary Sue White,
Jefferson or write F. P. Cook, Rich
field, N. c. 10-21-2t
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28

Thousands of applications for con-
cesslons on the Midway have been
received by the 1899 Worlds Fair
at San Francisco.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28

ROSES! ROSES! ROSES! The Rose
is Queen of Flowers" No home
is complete without Roses. The
Rose is the most beautiful and most
desirable of all flowers. No yard is
too small for at least a few bushes.
We have over seventy five of the
Worlds most beautiful varieties
and colors. L. C.. Phillips, West
Jefferson, N. c. 10-28-2tc
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28

FOR SALE-A Purebred Registered
spotted Poland and China male hog.
Weight $50 lbs. 18 months old.
Price $4,000. See or write A. H.
Mcmillan, Crumpler, N. c.
10-28-1tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28
WANT ADS
Twenty-Five Cents Charged
for Each Want Ad

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pains of Stomach Ulcers, Indiges-
ton, Heartburn, Belching, B1oat-
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Sample, Udga, at Ray Drug Com
pany.
9-9-12T
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28

FOR SALE-75 acre farm 2 miles
from Oxford, Pa, suitable for farm
ing and dairying- High state of
cultivation. Two hard surface
roads. See J. F. Rhodes at Rhodes
Furniture Co., West Jefferson, N. c.
Ito
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28

FOR SALE-A good Jersey milk
cow. Call at Rhodes Furniture Co.,
West Jefferson, N. c.
Ito
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28

FOR SALE-One five year old Here
ford cow-Due to freshen Nov. 1st.
Quantities guaranteed. Mrs. Annie
E. Hale, Grassy Creek, N. c.
10-28-1tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28

FOR SALE Several fine Poland
China pigs, at reasonable prices. T.
A Jones, Toliver, N. G. 10-28-2tc
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28

WANTED Losust posts, 8 #.
long and 4 in. square or more at
small end. Cross Ties 7x9, Csc
each. Dried apples lb. SC. Butter
10 to Csc. I. M. Cooh, West Jeffer-
son, N. G.. 10-28-1t
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28

FOR SALE-Reconditioned 3 piece
living room suite. Rhodes Furni-
ture Co., West Jefferson, N. c.
1923 1t
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28

FOR SALE-One Estate HeatroIa.
Excellent condition. Glenn B.
1O-28-1tc
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28

FOR SALE - Two, two-year-old
sorel saddle colts. See l. r. Young,
Grassy Creek. 10-28-1tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-10-28

FOR SALE: Young Registered Here
ford bulls. Sholer Light Plant 10
Volt, good condition. River Plain
Farms, Ferguson, N. c. 10-28-ltp
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05
Prisoner of War

IN THE year 1853 there was born
4 to an English family, then liv-
ing in Ireland, a son who was to
bear the name of John Whistler.
Before he became OF age young
John ran away from home and en-
listed in the British army In 1777
he was sent to America with troops
who were to serve under General
Burgoyne and when Gentleman
Johnny's" expedition ended in dis
aster at Saratoga, young John
Whistler was prisoner of war.
Before the end of the Revolution.
he was sent back to Engan, as AM
exchanged prisoner and soon AFTER
wards he was discharged from the.
army. Then he fell in love with
the daughter of one of his fathers
friends, eloped with her, came to-
America second time and settled:
down at Hagerstown, Md. But he
could not be content with civilian
life for long. So in 1901 this soldier
who had worn the scarlet uniform
of Old England put on the monde
script uniform of lieutenant adju-
tant in the levies which made UP a
part of the army of the new repub-
lie.
From that time on he served con-
tinuously on the Northwestern from
tier under st. Clair, Wayne and the
others who were campaigning
against the hostile Indians. By 1897
he had won captaincy and in 1903,
he was stationed at Detroit. Then
orders were given to build a fort,
at the foot of Lake Michigan and
establish q garrison there with
Whistler as commandant. Accord
ingly he built the post which was
named Fort Dearborn and thus he
became the ''father of Chicago"
For nine years Whistler ruled at
Fort Dearborn and then he was or
dered back to Detroit. At the out
break of the War of 1872 he was
serving there on the staff of General
Hull and when that fiustered Off
Ger, without attempting resistance,
surrendered his post to the British
army which swooped down upon
him, Whistler again became pris-
oner of war.
So his was the unique distinction
of having been British officer who
surrendered to victorious Ameri-
can army and then an American
officer who surrendered to a VIC
torious British army. That alone
would make him an uncommon
American even if he hadn't been
the Father of Chicago" and the
man whose grandson became one of
the greatest of all American artists
James Abbott McNeill Whistler.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05


When Burns and Allen transfer their
broadcasting activities to N. B. C.
april first, Tony will 60 right along
with them.
ODDS AND ENDS Enrol Flynn in.
sists that he is going to Borneo as soon
as he finishes 'The Prince and the Pau.
per-" Lii Damita may think ofherwise,
just as she did the last time he got ALI
ready to start !. Romantic rumors about
MarIene Dietrich and Douglas Fairbanks,
IT,, may be just runiors, but nevertheless
rUhen she arrives in Hollywood soon to
film Angel" Junior soilI be on his ,cay
here When friends borrot0 books
from Humphrey Bogart and keep them
more than tsco ,oeeks, he charges them
fire cents day, and gives the consider
able sum thus collected to charity.
o Western Newspaper Union-