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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-11
EVADES u. S. TO BE
SUNK BY ENEMY

The Spanish government freighter
Mar Cantabrico, which raced out of
lew York January 6 just ahead OF
congressional action to prevent her
munitions cargo from reaching the
Spanish civil war, met her doom this
week with her goal almost in sight.
In the Bay of Biscay she encoun-
tered the Spanish insurgent cruiser
Canarias, unit of the blockade at
tempting to prevent her from deliv-
ering her load of American-made
planes and other war supplies from
reaching the socialist government.
Under bombardment of the cruiS-
er's guns the Mar Cantabrico went
down in flames in the Bay of Biscay
about 80 miles off the Spanish
coast.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-11

Daughter of Clerk of Court, Student
A.S.T.C. Leaves No Clue

Miss Virginia May South, 18-year-
old junior at Appalachian State
Teachers College and daughter of
A. E. South, clerk of Watauga county
Superior Court, was found shot to
death in an upstairs bedroom of the
home of her parents Monday after
noon. A pistol was found nearby.
Coroner R. E. Kelly, after an in
vestigation, said that Miss South's
death resulted from a self-inflicted
bullet wound. He said no reason had
been found for Miss South's act.
However, he stated, she had been
moody for several days"
Earlier in the day Miss South was
with a group Of students who were
taking pictures to be published in
the college annual, her picture was
taken with others of the group.
Surviving are the parents, two Sis
tiers, and one brother.
The funeral was held Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at Boone.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-11
KILLS BABY IN
JEALOUS RAGE

Police Lieut.. c. E. Peterson an
nounced in Long Beach, Calf, dis
covery of the body of Walter Wen
CERT, %, and said note found in his
pocket indicated Wengert had COM
mitted suicide after Staying the in
FAINT son of a woman who spurned
his love.
Peterson said the body was found
on the running board of an automo-
bile on a parking lot near the home
of Mrs. Ruth Anterior, rs, whose 20
month old baby was killed in its
crib the night before.
Mrs. Anterior told police Wengert
had entered her home through a
window. She barricaded herself in a
closet, she said; heard shots and
emerged to find her baby dead, shot
in the head and throat.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-11
Elkland Al Club
to Give Program
rs Members Enrolled in Club;
Good Attendance and Much
Interest Is Shown

At its regular meeting on Monday,
March Is, the All Club of the Elk
land High School will render a pro-
gram that brings out Interestingly
and forcibly the meaning of the
four HIS in club work.
The parts in the program and the
participants are as follows:
History and background of All
Club work, Howard Jones; the
meaning of the head H, Leslie Nor
ris; hands of All Club members, J.
B. Miller; hearts of loyalty, Jack
Graham; health for better living,
Bill Krider.
There are twenty-six boys enroll
ed in the Elkland All Club. Nine
teen of these boys live in Ashe coun-
ty and seven live in Watauga:
Meetings have been well attended
and the boys have shown Kucn IN
terst in their club work.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-11
F. ID. RS. AMBITION

President Roosevelt's great ambi-
ton, he stated in his victory dinner
speech in Washington last Thursday
is to turn the presidency over Ito
my successor whomever he may be,
with the assurance that I am at the
same time turning over to him as
President, nation intact, nation
at peace, nation prosperous, a natio
clear in its knowledge of what pow
ers it has to serve its own citizens,
nation that is in position to use
those powers to the full in order to
move forward steadily to meet the
modern needs of humanity-a nation
which has thus proved that the
Democratic form and methods of ma
tional government can and will sue
ceed."
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-11
ANOTHER ESCAPED
CONVICT TAKEN

Morganton, Mar. 9.-Ralph Page,
%, life termer who escaped with six
other convicts in a wild flight from
Caledonia prison farm February Is
was recaptured this afternoon in
Burke county, five miles from Drex-
ell, his home town.
Three officers, members of a
searching party formed when it was
reported that he came to the county
during the night, found him asleep
in a clump of pine trees 100 yards
from a rural road with one hand
resting on an automatic pistol in his
belt. He offered no resistance when
aroused to confront three shot guns
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-11
Farmers Must Get
Work Sheets Filled
1887 Work Sheets Should Be
Made Out at Once and
Adjustments Made
(FrOm County Agents Office)

The Agricultural Soil Conserva-
ton Association was formed with
the intention of interesting the farm
ers of the different sections in the
conservation e natural resources
and rebuilding .pleted soils.
With. this in mind the secretary of
agriculture was given the authority
to make payments on certain prac-
tees in line with good farming Gus
toms. To be eligible for considera-
ton under this program all that is
necessary for the farmers to do is to
file application in the form of a
work sheet. This may be done at the
county agents office in Jefferson or
with one of the community commit
teemen- If you do not know who
your committeeman is, see March 4
issues of Athe Skyland Post for
thames. - --r- -
We wish to impress on you the
fact that to get the most from the
1887 program, work sheets must be
filled at once. If you are considering
entering the program, why not get
an early start?
Work has been started on the cor
rections and adjustments of the 1886
work-sheets. If you were in the 1896
program and bought or sold some
land since you filled a work-sheet,
we would suggest that you come in
to the county office and help us
make the necessary corrections on
your old sheet. It will not be neces-
sary to change the original work
sheet unless you have made some
change in the amount of land you
own.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-11
ITALY TO COMPETE WITH
ENGLAND IN WARSHIPS

Europe continues feverishly pre-
pairing for war.
Construction of 80 warships was
revealed last week as part of the
British navy's 1887 program to cost
more than $525, 100000.
Sir Samuel Hoare of the British
navy said the stepped-up naval and
naval air programs would add 1000
officers and men to bring the total
naval personnel to 10000.
Mussolini was the first of the rul-
ers of nations to give Great Britain
a concrete answer to her colossal
ornaments program. His answer,
given the past week, was that Italy
will compete with Great Britain.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-11
AUSTIN PLEASED WITH
VICTORY DINNER HERE

w. B. Austin, chairman of the ar
rangements for holding the victory
dinner in this county, is reported to
be well pleased with the response
given the late invitations sent out to
party members.
The dinner was held at the Tue
ker Hotel in West Jefferson with
thirty-five present and net sum OF
$4100 was sent into headquarters.
Mr. Austin was in Raleigh on bust
ness last week and had not planned
to hold dinner until the first OF
the week. He feels that the response
to the late plans was exceptionally
good.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-11
General Assembly Will
Adjourn 10y March l8
Three Vital Measures Come Up
During Past Week; Board
Education Named
NO HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION

The general assembly, having
agreed to adjourn sine die March Is,
has considered this week a $780,
900 proposed bond issue for perma-
nent improvements at state institu-
tons, measure to reorganize the
highway commission and the reve-
nue. machinery bill.
Free Text Books and ERE
The textbook proposal which pass
ed both houses provided for free
basal texts, and was one of Governor
Clyde Hoey's campaign "betterment'
promises.
After reducing a proposed $4,000
annual appropriation to $4,000, the
house passed and sent to the senate
a bill setting up program of adult
education in the state.
Highway Reorganization
The highway reorganization bill,
which would divide the State into
10 districts, each subdivision being
represented on the highways and
public works commission, was pass
ed Wednesday by the House and
SSI1L W Tile OGIldIS. Lie pIOpOSd4 Is
Endorsed by Governor Hoey.
No Homestead Exemption
The machinery bill, regulating the
collection of taxes, does not carry
any homestead exemption, although
a 1000 exemption was voted in the
last general election. Livestock would
be included in $500 personal prop
erty exemption. Other amendments
were described by finance sub
committee as minor in effect.
The social security program for
old age assistance and help to indi-
gent estimated to entail
the expenditure of $16,000,000 dur
ing the biennium, passed the House
and was sent back to the Senate for
concurrence.
AShe Board Named
The Ashe County Board of Educa-
ton was named last week as fol-
lows: DR.. r. C. Ray, of West Jeffer-
SON; DR.. Roger Barr, of Lansing; r.
A. Jones, of Clifton. It is understood
that the bill introduced in the house
regarding the local board provides
for a meeting on the first Monday in
April at which time the county SUI
perintendent Of schools for the next
biennium may be named.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-11
2 Small Boys Admit
to Killing of Child
Four Year-Old Child Is Hit in
Head and Held Under Water
Until Dead in Vermont

Officials decided late Sunday two
small boys involved in the bizarre
Staying of four year old Beverly
Ann Page must be sent away from
Vermont and reman under constant
study of psychiatrists after States
Attorney Alban Parker had received
an account of the crime from one of
the young culprits by engaging him
in game of marbles.
Parker quoted the five-year-old
boy as saying:
"Me and Beverly Ann we're play
ing near the river when the other
boy came along. He pushed her
down and pulled off her overshoes.
''She cried some. He hit her with
piece of brick. He knocked her
out. He rolled her in the river. Then
threw one of her overshoes out
into deep water about so feet away
and I threw the other one in beside
her. Then-stepped on her stomach
while she lay in the water and I
held her down by the hair a short
time.
"The-boy ran Runaway ays and I picked
up an iron hoop andtried to pull her
out by putting that around her neck.
I couldn't move her because she was
too heavy"
When Beverly Ann was found by
searchers yesterday five hours after
she disappeared from the home of
her aunt, her jaw bone was punctur-
ed and an iron hoop was around her
chest.
Referring to the story of the five
year-old child, Parker declared:
II can't believe child of that age
could imagine such a story. On the
other hand, I do not like to see any
person incriminated on a five-year-
old child's story. We are continuing
the investigations
Little Beverly, who lived with her
parents in Charemont, VT, was away
from home while her mother was in
hospital, having given birth to an
other daughter.
AS Parker unfolded the plan to
keep the boys under observation, he
also revealed that since the Page
girls death, parents of two other lit
tie girls have reported to authorities
that one of the boys tried to push
their children into the water.
Had those parents spoken be-
FORE" he said, ''the life of Beverly
Page would have ben saved.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-11
TWO LUNCH ROOMS WILL
OPEN IN WEST JEFFERSON

Glen Parker and c. E. Miller plan
to open lunch rooms in the city at
an early date.
Mr.. Parker is renovating the small
building next door to the Graybeals
Drug Store. He expects to hire a
competent and experienced cook and
open a modern quick-lunch stand.
Mr.. Miller will open for business
at the Shell station formerly man.
aged by Claude Brown, and where
the Coy Corner Lunch Room once
operated. Mr.. Miller expects to run
modern and up-to-date eating
place.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-11
WORK BEING DONE ON w.
JEFFERSON -OBIDS ROAD

Work was started last week on
dynamiting the rock cliff on the
West Jefferson side of the New Riv-
er bridge in the Obids-Jefferson
road The rock that is being blasted
out will be used for crushing and
surfacing the road. According to re-
port, the road will be rocked on to
Obids.
Residents of the communities
through which this road passes will
be pleased to learn Fl that road author
tiles are taking this action as tie
road is much travelled one, but one
that is in very poor repair.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-11
SHOT GUN STOLEN

John Woodie, of the Glendale
Springs community, was in the city
Tuesday and reported that he had
been visited by a bold thief who
stole his "six-shooter" off a nail on
the wall to his bed room in the
broad open. daylight. The gun is
worth about twenty-five dollars and
Mr. Woodie has had it for over six
teen years.
He reports that he is buying
another gun and is not planning to
control his temper in the event ne
is visited by second thief.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-11
MEETINGS ANNOUNCED

The Methodist ministers of the
county will meet at Warrensville
March Is, at 2:30 in the afternoon.
The Ashe County Young Peoples
Union will meet on the same day
at the same place but in the evening
at 7:30.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-11
COMPLETE 100000 POST
OFFICE AT REIDSVILLE

Reidsville, Mar. 9-Several thou
sand persons gathered this morning
at Reidsville's new 100000 postof-
flee building to hear Postmaster
General James A. Farley formally
dedicate the structure. The crowd
filled the postoffice grounds aid
flowed over into the nearby street.
Windows of buildings in the vicinity
were packed.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-11
DIR. ROCKWELL
DEFINES LOVE

DR.. John Arnold Rockwell, form
er medical adviser at the MasSachu-
sets Institute of Technology, Mon
day night gave the ninth all-unity
college students conference simple
recipe for love. It was: IF someone
else takes your girl out and you
don't feel the urge to punch him in
the noSe-well you're not in love" .
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-11

much to make faces about as Mr..
Bailey has had in swallowing the
Roosevelt doctrine. But the Farmer
has swallowed it. And he does not
employ the jeremiads of Senator
Bailey. Farmer Bob thinks the coun-
try would survive even if President
Roosevelt should name six new
Supreme Court justices.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-11
81 CAGE TEAMS ENTER
TOURNEY AT TWIN-CITY

Ninety-one basketball teams from
Northwest North Carolina have en-
tered the Journal-Sentinel basket
ball turnament in Winston-Salem
which started this week.
Teams from Ashe include the
boys teams from Fleetwood, Lam
sing, West Jefferson, and Riverv1eWaE,
and the girls team from Lansing.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-11
MARTIN BROTHERS TO BE
AT BUFFALO WEDNESDAY

The Martin brothers will give: an
entertainment at the Buffalo school
house, Wednesday night, March II,
promptly at Z p. m. o'clock.
Guitars, banjo, mandolins, and
harp will be played. The public is
invited and a good time guaranteed.
Ten and fifteen cents admission will
be charged.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-11

B. D. Barr received this week the
mounted head of the deer he shot
near the Gulf Of California last fall.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-11

Dennis Lewis, who has been
spending some time in North Wilkes
boro, is in town for few weeks,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-11

Miss Prunella Stack, twenty-five
year-old leader Of the Women's
League for Health and Beauty. of
London, who has been invited by
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin to
serve on the national advisory coun-
Gil which will draw up plans for the
national college Of physical trair ing
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-11
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Smyrna times., 1937-09-02
Many Species Of Herbs
of Value for Medicine

There are in the United States
more than $50 species Of roots,
barks and herbs of value in the
manufacture of drugs, says Popular
Mechanics Magazine. They range
from the common dandelion to the
almost extinct ginseng, golden seal
or snakeroots. Leaves from the
deer s-tongue plant are used in fla
voring smoking tobacco. Roots and
bark from the sassafras bush are
used in making medicinal tea and
perfumes. One wild herb is neces-
sary in the manufacture of silver
ware polish. The business is re-
garded as important by the govern
ment, which issues bulletins on the
drying of medicinal herbs and the
growing of ginseng, golden seal and
the mints.
Many common plants regarded by
most people as weeds, such as IRON
weed, mullen, jimson weed, yellow
dock, burdock and pokeweed, have
a sale value. Often the root gather
er supplements his income by pick
ing up and selling Indian relics, wild
ferns and other plants and rare
stones for rock gardens.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-02

President wrote that he We
toed the Maryland bill, to-
gether with the one providing
for a bridge over the Potomac
River near Dahlgren, Va, for
reasons having to do with
commerce and national de-
tense. 1t is believed the Pres
ident, in his action, reflected
the sentiment of the War De
partment. If that is a fact,
no bridge is likely to be auth
orized between Baltimore and
the sea unless the War De
partment at some future time
arrives at a different opinion.
1t is likely the campaign
will be continued. But why
not abandon the span and
fight for a tunnel under the
Chesapeake between the East
ern and Western Shores of
Maryland. There is no deny
ing the fact that a tunnel
would be advantageous to the
people of the Eastern Shore
of Maryland and the business
interests of Baltimore. The
present ferry service is good,
yet, there is a strong desire
for quicker and faster travel.
Absence of a tunnel or
bridge has built up a strong
community Of interest be
tween the Eastern Shore and
Wilmington and Philadelphia.
Baltimore obviously would
like to divert some Of the
shore trade which now comes
this way. That, doubtless, ex-
plains Baltimore's insistence
upon a bridge.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-02
President Pierce's Wife

Franklin Pierce, fourteenth Presi-
dent, the Northern man with South
ern principles, married Jane Apple
ton of Hampton in his home state of
New Hampshire. She is said to have
been a woman Of intelligence and
the highest ideals, but inclined to
melancholy and variety of nervous
Affections. She had three children,
all of whom died before her. The
tragic death of the last, a boy Of
thirteen, on January S, 1853, less
than two months before her husband
became President, made Mrs.
Pierce an invalid during her stay in
the White House. The Pierces were
returning from Boston to their
home in Concord on a Boston & Al
bany train; an axle in the car in
which they were riding broke and
the car rolled down an embank-
ment. Neither Mr.. or Mrs. Pierce
was seriously hurt, but the boy was
killed.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-02
CORRESPONDENTS
CONTINUED From Page Eighty

Milliam H Willis of Chestnut
Grove, is spending a visit with his
son Joseph H Willis and family.
Mrs. Laura MacNamee and son
Crawford, of Chester, Pa, have re-
turned from a visit to Edward
Ford and family.
Mrs. Sara Dietz has been spend
ing a visit with her daughter and
son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Gregg at Talleyville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph H. Willis,
Catherine and Billy Willis, w. H.
Willis, Mrs. Frnaklin Luff and Mrs.
Foster Sapp attended the Willis re-
union at Williamsville last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Barcus and
son Junior, and Mr.. and Mrs. Bry-
on Creadick have returned home
after a motor trip to Virginia.
Miss Nina Griffin of Clayton has
been spending a visit with her
niece, Mrs. E. ]. Lafferty and fam
lily.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Carrow
spent a day at Ocean City, Md,
recently.
Miss Esther Pearson with a
party of friends has returned from
a motor trip through Canada.
Mrs. Hattie Massey of Dover,
was a recent guest of Mrs. George
Anderson and family.
Miss Josephine Tibbitt of Sea-
ford, has been a guest of Miss Mel
lie Mae Swain.
Mrs. Mary E. Moore, who has
been on the sick list, is better.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hammond
of Wilmington, were recent guests
of P. L. Barcus and family.
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Why Not a Tunnel?

President Roosevelt has We
toed the proposed Chesapeake
Bay Bridge from the Eastern
Shore of Maryland, at Toll
chester, to the Western Shore
of Maryland near Baltimore.
Not only the Chesapeake Bay
span but Potomac, Susque-
hanna and other river and bay
spans are vetoed too. The
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