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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-18
ON THE RIGHT TRACK

From every standpoint the county's first con-
signnnent sale of purebred Guernsey cattle that
was held here Tuesday seemed to be real sue
cess and the keen interest displayed by large
number of Ashe county farmers clearly indi-
Gates that they are opening their eyes to the
wonderful opportunity that is theirs for profit
able expansion of the dairy and breeding bust
ness in this section.
BY virtue of our climate and natural advan-
tages for raising fine hay crops and grass this
area is ideally suited for dairying as we'll as
cattle raising. Besides this we have a splendid
market right here at home for milk prod
ucts. The local Kraft-Phenix Cheese plant is
paying out over 100000 annually to Ashe
county farmers and if the supply were avail
able, this amount would be perhaps more than
trippled. Raising purebred registered dairy
cattle for breeder sales in other sections also
offers profitable outlet.
In order to be successful in the dairy bust
ness, however, there are three essential things,
according to authorities on the subject: first,
purebred cattle; second, ample supply of silage
and hay; and third, complete records.
Taking everything into consideration, the
Guernseys seem to be tops for dairy cattle, al
though Jersey and Holsteins rank high. The
essential things, though is that local farmers
who are interested in this business, secure
purebred COWS and then feed them plenty of
the right kind Of things to eat.
The Post is delighted with his renewed inter-
est in expanding dairying in Ashe and takes
pleasure in thanking the states leading bread
ers for consigning animals in the sale and in
congratulating the Ashe Dairymens Associa-
ton and the dairy extension division of State
College for sponsoring this event. There is
no reason why Ashe shouldn't be one of the
foremost dairy counties in the State and we
hope similar sales can be arranged in the future.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-18
Plans Now Being
Made To Observe
Thanksgiving Day
Schools To Close Wednesday
Afternoon Until Monday. Spe-
cial Services Planned.
STORES WILL CLOSE

Next Thursday is Thanksgiving
Day and Ashe county citizens are
now making plans to observe this
occasion in many different ways.
It will be homecoming for many
families and real feasts will be pre-
pared, featuring the famous turkey
which is now being lined up for
slaughter. Local merchants are
anticipating big business during the
next week and have stocked their
shelves accordingly. Most of the
stores in the Jeffersons will be
closed all day.
All schools in the county will
close Wednesday afternoon and not
open again until the following Mon
day. City and county officers will
also take holiday Thursday.
Practically all of the churches in
the county are planning special
Thanksgiving services, which will
either be held on Thursday or this
Sunday. Special programs are al
so being arranged at several differ
ent schools in the county.
Unless they do their cooking in adj
vance, many of the housewives will
spend a large part of the day in the
kitchen, while high PERCENTAGE OF
the men will enjoy big day hunt
ing.
Movies and various football games
will also attract large crowds. Pre-
pare now for an enjoyable Thanks
giving! And being careful won't
save the turkeys neck, but it might
save your!
In regard to turkeys, it is report
ed that the crop in Ashe this year
is not as large as usual and there
fore the prices will not probably
be a little higher. Some of the
markets here are paying 19c per
pound.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-18
Letter To Editor
West Jefferson, N. c.,
November Is, 1887.


Mr.. Ed M. Anderson, Editor,
The Skyland Post,
City.
Dear Mr.. Anderson:
At regular meeting of this Post
it was moved, seconded and unani-
mously carried that a vote of
thanks be extended to you and
your staff for the excellent publici-
ty and generous support that The
Skyland Post, under your leader
ship, has given us.
The success of our Armistice Pro-
gram was, to a great extent, made
possible by you. We realize that
going to press one day ahead of
time in our interests was more than
cooperation, it was in our opinion
Citizenship of the highest order. If
we had more men of your type we
would have a better town, better
county and a better Legion Post.
Sincerely,
ASHE COUNTY POST NO. III.
P. C. Wright,
Commanding 18th District.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-18

HUSTLER WANTED! to introduce,
supply demand for Rawleigh Neces-
sites. Sales way up this year. Good
routes open nearby. Rawleigh
Methods get business. No selling
experience needed. We supply
Sales, Advertising literature, = all
you need. Profits should increase
every month. Low prices; good
values, complete service. Raw
leigh's, Dept. NCK-249-63, Rich
mond, Va. 11-18-1t
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-18
PLEASED WITH NEW ROAD

The citizens of the Pine Swamp
township are delighted with their
new road from Beaver Creek to the
Parkway at Phillip Gap, via Idle
wild, and wish to extend their
thanks to the local highway officials
George B. Doggett, E. Ford King
and Council. This road has recent
~ been gravel treated and extends
for a distance of about miles.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-18
ARMISTICE CELEBRATION
HERE WAS BIG SUCCESS

Substitutions: Lansing, Ward
Blevins. Referee: Watson, Boone.
Fast Boxing Matches
Thursday night capacity crowd
saw a number of fast boxing match
es staged in the local school gym
nasium and the outcome of them
was as follows:
Clyde Houck, of Baldwin and
Clyde Goodman, of Beaver Creek,
fought to draw. B. Campbell, of
Baldwin won a decision over Noah
Myers of West Jefferson; T. B.
Grayson, of West Jefferson won a
decision over Pat Caudill, Of Smeth-
port; j. Nc Pennington wan decision
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-18
HIGHWAY NEEDS IN ASHE

One OF the biggest assets of any county or
state today is good highway system and there
is no other state in the union that realizes this
any more than North Carolina. We are proud
of the fact that our progressive commonwealth
was one of the nations leaders in the good road
movement years ago and that it now has one of
the best highway systems in America, but pain
fully regret that Ashe county's highways are
not up to par. .-~- .
We do not know who is responsible for this
unfortunate condition : and are certainly not
blaming the local maintenance forces. We also
realize that it costs more money to build roads
in the mountains but obviously the county has
not received it's share of surfaced treated high
ways. In Ashe there are $50 miles of county
roads and only about $50 of those miles are
gravel treated. In the county there are about
100 miles of state highways and 80 miles still
remain unpaved
Both the Lansing Helton and the Warrens-
ville-Tennessee highways need immediate at
tention and according to the present outlook,
survey on number sixteen will be made in the
near future There is lot of politics involved
in getting new road projects approved and we
commend the citizens living on highway six
teen for having formed an organization known
as Highway 16 Improvement Association.
At our request, Wade E. Eller, chairman of
this Association, wrote an article regarding the
proposed project and the new organization.
Here is what he says about it:
Highway Number 16 leading out of Ashe
county via Trade, Tenn, and Mountain City to
Virginia and Tennessee points and all points
west and northwest, is the county's most i'm
portant road. Over it travel much of the
cattle and sheep shipped out and lumber sent
from Ashe mostly leaves over this road. In
to the county over it comes all the coal sup
ulied by trucks to the business houses and
homes of the county. Over it would be routed
much of the tourist to their benefit and to the
greatly increased reputation of the county for
scenic attractions. No person can justly claim
to have viewed the natural beauties of this
great section of the state without having seen
the rugged and unparalleled mountain forma-
tons around Creston.
every business man in Ashe county ought
to be keenly interested materially in the i'm
mediate development of Number 10 to the
Tennessee line. The improved road would
certainly lower the heavy transportation costs
of the big freightage over this road, and the
the increased activity in the countys business
circles would react to the benefit of the entire
county The citizens along this road invite
your full help and cooperation to bring about
this improvement, not for their benefit alone,
but also for the fuller benefit it would be to
rr1H1T NY UToxyro
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-18
WANT CANNED *
GOODS RETURNED

The Missionary Baptist churches;
in Ashe county are requested TO-;
send in all canned goods for the:
Orphanage this week, so that these
foods can be delivered by Thanks
giving at the latest. Rev. w. E. Den:
ney is in charge Of this worthy ac-
tivity. ''Please get them in with
out fall" Mr.. Denney urges.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-18
nuts.
:.
and
KeAnel5
By
TROY
ISAIAH
JONES

You are not supposed to under
stand all the circumstances of life.
If you have never committed sui
eide how are to Judge motives?
I have studied Shakespeare from
on end to the other. Yet I can't
understand Longfellow.
A night mare amt so bad after
all. At least you don't have to do
any sleep walking.
A boy was sentenced to 60 to school
and Sunday School for one month.
The equivalent of six months on the
chain gang.
Jesse James will appear here in
person on the stage at the age Of
ninety-one. If I had been dead as
long as he has I would not deny it..
If they are going to bring them
back like that, had rather see Poe
ahontas. I would take a chance
with my head to risk rescue from
princes like they say she was.
Next on the programme will be
COlumbO or Marco Polo. I think
that I had rather hear old Chris
talk than any one of them.
Chris could tell us how for the
lack of a woodshed he had to make
his escape to another world. 1
never said a thing about his wife.
The fact is not mentioned as play
ing any part in the discovery.
To say people are not fit to sleep
with hogs may be more compli-
mentary than you think. Anyway
you had better not take their part
in an argument and tell them that
they are fit to sleep with hogs.
80 '''
Japanese may win the war with
Narcotic Needless says a caption
in the paper Maybe they think
that is a way of sewing up what
they think they have sacked.
Wonder how many times Jesse
James has voted as dead one. He
is coming to right place to get on
the book of the dead.
More trouble comes from mixing
"horns" and "halo" than anything
than anything else.
I like to teach the children these
little fairy stories and fables. It
does them so much good to know
that animals know the way of man
better than man himself.
If some of the bolonny that is
handed out here was the kind that
you eat this would be a plentiful
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-18
SEE US ABOUT MINE PROPS.
Parker Tie Company.
11-18-1t

FREE-To anyone sending me a
stamped envelope with their ad-
dress and the name Of the paper in
which they saw this ad, I will send
an herb recipe that completely cured
me of bad case Of Rheumatism
absolutely free. r. l. McMinn, IA
Central Ave, Asheville, N. c.
11-18-1t
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-18
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank the friends and
neighbors of this community for
their kindness during the illness
and death of Uncle John Wilson.
c. c. SWITZERLAND and
FAMILY, -
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-18

In their first game of the season,
the West Jefferson volley ball team
lost to Appalachian State last night
3 out of 5.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-18

FOR SALE - Purebred turkeys
Grid Bro. strain) bronze Tom and
hens. If interested see Mrs. j. Tom
Wagg, Mouth of Wilson, Virginia.
11-18-3tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-18

AVAILABLE AT ONCE Raleigh
Route. Good opportunity for man
over Is with car to continue serv-
ice. Trade well established. Route
experience helpful but not neces-
sary. Write at once. Raleigh's,
Dept, NCK-249-1O2, Richmond, Va.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-18
WANT ADS
Twenty Five Gents Charged
for Each Want AID

WANTED - 80 cars. Extract
Wood. See Us. PARKER TIE
co., West Jefferson, N. G.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-18

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pains Of Stomach Ulcers, Indiges-
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Sample, Udga, at Ray Drug Com
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9-9-12T
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-18

EDWARDS BUS will leave West
Jefferson on Sunday, Nov. 21st,
at a. 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, 1937-11-18

DON'T be miSlead. See me before
you sell your turkeys.
j. NJ Mcclure
11-18-1tP
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-18

If some of the bolonny that is
handed out here was the kind that
you eat this would be a plentiful
world.
Evening star., 1937-01-24
Constitution
Continued From Fourth Page.)
tcopyright. 1877

lation In the lower put an entirely
different face on the controversy.
But when the body assembled once
more Morris of South Carolina
charged that the slave trade would be
encouraged to give Southern States a
balance of power, declared that every
one was wasting time and suggested
that they all go home. A ball given
by Madison provided an atmosphere
in which the fiery Southerner was
finally brought to compromise, and
eventually the document was drawn
up. $50 years ago.
"A bundle of compromises" charged
one delegate.
rs any one here foolish enough to
think, whatever system of government
We devise in this room will endure
$50 years?" another sneered. But
Madison declared that the system of
checks and balances provided gave the
Constitution its utility. Its strength
lay, he said, in the fact that under it
no single man or group could usurp
the power of government from the
people.
Washington declared that govern
ment had been fashioned to fit an
expanding nation, and that the amend
ment clause made It possible for
Americans 500 years from then to
shape it to their needs.
With tact the movie avoids being
controversial without sacrificing any
thing to authenticity and is monu-
ment to Hollywood's penchant for tax
ing pains to insure historical accu-
racy.
Evening star., 1937-01-24

mander, Sanderlin, saw his duty and
did it. So did Webster.
WEBSTER had uncovered informa-
w ton in Miami which convinced
him of the necessity for the trip to
Bimini. He had spent quite some time
tracking down the evidence.
There had been deluge of $50 and
$50 notes in the Southern territory.
Webster finally found the source Of
supply. Then he secured the neces-
sary authority from Washington to
enlist the cooperation Of the Coast
Guard at Fort Lauderdale. They sup
piled the rum chaser. The rest of the
story is Coast Guard and Secret Serv-
ice history.
Such importance was attached to
this case that Norman j. Morrison, an
assistant attorney general, was sent
from Washington to prosecute Alder
man and Weech in Florida.
They were found guilty Of three
murders. Alderman was sentenced to
be executed and was hanged on May
II, 1923, in Broward County. Florida.
The actual execution took place on
the Government reservation at Fort
Lauderdale. Weech was sent to prison
for life.
HollingSworth, the Coast Guards
man who was shot in the head, lost
his right eye as a result of this fatal
trip and the Secret Service, to keep
the record straight, caught up with
all the counterfeiters in Bimini,
though they operated on foreign soil.
Because of what happened to one of
their men, the Secret Service went
out to complete Webster,s unfinished
task.
(Copyrisht 1921
Evening star., 1937-01-24

the floor near his instrument. Lam
by was also dead. Webster, who
foiled Alderman's attempt to obliter-
ate the whole outfit, had breathed his
last
Thus three men met death on a Coast
Guard cutter going after counterfeit
ers. After counterfeiters and stopped
by rum runners was their fate.
Had it not been for Webster all
hands aboard this boat would have
perished 38 miles off the Florida coast.
The revenue cutter would have been
set afire and sunk with all on board.
Not a trace of the tragedy. That was
Alderman's plan.
For what he did Webster IS held
up as one of the real heroic figures Of
the Secret Service, which numbers
many in its fold-unsung heroes.
Only 80 years old when killed, Web
ster left a wife and 9-month-old
baby. They buried the young Secret
Service man with full military honors
in Arlington. for he had served his
country in the World War and had
seen previous military service on the
Mexican border in 1916 with militia
company from Fredericksburg, Va.
Secret Service men naturally figure
that Webster's life was a supreme
sacrifice. Designated to go to Bimini
to negotiate with officials there for the
capture of counterfeiters flooding the
Southern States with queer" money,
the overtaking of a rum-runner was
only incidental to Webster's trip. Yet
for the Coast Guardsmen it was in the
line of duty. At that time they looked
upon such work merely as traffic
officer does in stopping a speeding
vehicle. They looked for no such gun
play as Alderman's. The dead COM
Evening star., 1937-01-24

Lanby, sprawled at the foot OF the
hatchWay, was paralyzed from the
bullet wound.
What must do with him?" Weech
asked. Hes hurt pretty bad"
Shoot him." Alderman said. Have
you set fire to that gasoline?"
lust as Alderman asked his ques-
tion Webster, the Secret Service
agent. made lunge at the outlaw,
who had glanced away from his pris-
oners for one short moment to see
if the boat was on fire Despite the
fact he was covered by pistols, Web
ster lowered his arms The others
moved as If a signal had been given
for rush.
In the rushs toward Alderman Web
ster was instantly killed. Shot through
the heart. A 200-pounder. he did not
die in vain. In his mad plunge to get
Alderman the Secret Service agent
succeeded in throwing the man off
balance. Alderman went down on
deck. the dying Webster on top of
him. Dead weight pinioned Alder
mans arms, but he managed to unload
his pistols.
Shots flew in all directions. Weech
made flying leap overheard, dropping
his gun at the gunWale. One of the
Coast Guardeman recovered the
weapon and fired at the fleeing figure.
Others overpowered and disarmed AL
derman, now fighting like a maniac.
Coast Guardeman flshed Weech out
Of the water and saved his life for a
time.
After the two prisoners. Alderman
and Weech, had been subdued Coast
Guardemen found Sanderlin, COM
mander and radio operator, dead on
Evening star., 1937-01-24

number Of airplanes delivered in any.
single year since adoption of modern
all-metal construction.
1t also was explained that the cost
Of the airplanes necessary to equip a
properly balanced air force has been
increasing steadily since the close Of
the World War and probably will con-
tinue to increase.
This increase is due to four principal
causes: First, that it costs more to
build the larger airplanes now used;
second, that the proportion of large
bombardment alrplanes to small pur-
suit planes has been increasing steadily
from proportion of about one bomber
to four pursuit airplanes in 1926 to
about IL bombers to nine pursuit at
the present time; third, that there has
been a progressive development from
wood and fabric construction to the
more expensive all-metal type, and,
fourth, that the modern airplane re-
quires more and costlier instruments
and controls than the older, simpler
types.
The increasing ratio of lombard
ment to pursuit airplanes is due to
the fact that pursuit no longer Is able
to support the fast-1ying long-range
bombardment airplane all the way to
its target and to the fact that the
high speed and fire power Of the mod
ern bomber make close support by
large numbers of pursuit less necessary
than in the past.
For the money being spent for mod
ern Army aircraft the Government
could buy almost twice as many planes
of the models Of 10 years ago. Modern
Army aircraft, manned and main
tanned by an air force properly bal
anced in all its component parts, how
ever, it was pointed out. are much more
effective than force of many times
that number Of obsolete aircraft.
"Our aircraft designers" it was
pointed out, "are second to none. Our
plane industry can and does build the
best airplanes in the world today. It
has been and will continue to be the
policy of the Army to provide the Air
Corps with the best equipment avail
able-the amount of such equipment
being limited TO that procurable with
appropriated funds.
For each dollar expended on Army
aviation the country is getting greater
value in national defense per dollar
expended than ever before. 1t would
be great mistake to permit craze
for mere numbers to force us to ac-
cept less effective aircraft, although
greater number could be procured for
the money"
TNDER the leadership Of its newly
elected president. J. Earl Stein
hauer, the Washington Air Derby As
sociation is launching upon an ex-
Evening star., 1937-01-24
in the Greek-Turk war and was a
Cretan insurgent.

Cretan lnSurgent.
DROPPING from coronets to clean
linen abruptly, I will tell Of
Clarisse, who at one time was known
to sailors all over the world as the
laundreSs who always managed to re-
turn clothes before ships sailed. 1t
was Clarisse who loomed as the great
est tragedy before sailed for Damas-
Gus and Adds Ababa. After a few
months playing at Monte Carlo I
boarded my ship one night to discover
that we were sailing at daylight to
rescue some careless consul in the
Eastern Mediterranean. And Clarisse
had not returned the ''linge"!
whistled for the shoreboat and gave
an extra franc to get me to the sta
ton in time to catch the last train
of the evening from Monaco to Nice,
where dashed off to find my laundry
and Clarisse.
She had been a familiar figure
aboard American warships for 80 years
or more-from the time she was
SlSllQcI uldudlllOloCllC UlAIll ollC
weighed $50 pounds. After I banged
Justify on her door for some time, a
sleepy Clarisse squeezed her ample
form into the hall. explained that
the "linge" must be returned forth
with.
"Quelle catastrophe!" she shrieked
as she looked about for a suitable site
for fainting. "Quelle catastrophe!"
The laundry was wet and hanging on
the line. The squadron would have
to wait a day or so. The French
fleet would do as much for poor
Clarisse. Never mind the American
consult Let the Turks eat him up!
How could the Marines depart with
out clean linen?
We sailed the next morning, not
withstanding Clarisse, but she caught
up with us at Genoa, where we
stopped for coal, and thus saved her
long-standing reputation for never
sanding 20 navy forth In dirty shirts.