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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
DOCTOR VANCE AND WIFE GOING SOUTH;
 OFFICE KEPT OPEN

Dr. and Mrs. Howe Vance are leav- ing on the Princess Norah for Q two months vacation and will visit in Vancouver, B. G. Washington and California. They expect to drive as far south as Mexico and may go on to Florida Dr. Vance's office is to be kept open by his cousin, Cr. George T. Reeve, formerly with the East Bay Osteopathic Clinic of Oakland, California and the Los Angeles County General Hospital, Los Angeles
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
Representatives
 in Washington
 Elect Speaker
Ed Reilly of Spokane Wins Contest when Left Wingers
 Swing to His Support

OLYMPIA. Wash, Jan. 12-Ed Reilly of spokane was elected Speaker of the Washington State House of Representatives here to- day CT the second ballot with 60 voter defeating George Adams of Shelton, who had 22 votes and George Yantis of Olympia, former Speaker. with II. Reilly was moved into offica when left wing sup porters of Juris Smith swung to the Reilly column. The election followed an open battle in the House yesterday between the lsi5 and right wingers and for a time it was believed Former Speaker Yantis would again be elevated to the chair of Speaker as com promise candidate.
 An emergency measure was pass ed by the Senate today which would postpone realty sales Of de lnquent tax property until after July l.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
FLY-swATrMG GESTURE

The word came from the unoffic- ial committee on Senate patronage which explained that Holt gave comfort, if not aid, to these who were seeking to defeat the Demo- cratic National ticket, and also op- posed the election Of a Democrat m the United States Senate"
 in his campaign against Neely's reelection. Holt insisted he had 9 better record of Roosevel5's sup port than his colleague. For his own election in 1884 he campaigned on a 100-per- cent Roosevelt platform. Besides opposing Nicely, Holt empha- sized his Independence by keynoting Father Coughlin's Social Justice convention in Cleveland and by conferring with Governor Landon during the campaign
 There is no doubt about it Holt has been a naughty boy ir his party relations and not much help legis- latively speaking. He introduced only one measure last session and that was to request an Investigation of the WPA in West Virginia.
 But to some disinterested obserY- CTS, cutting off his Senate patron age seemed a sort of ny-swatting gesture. Even the recalcitrant Huey Long, who cut 10 times the figure of young Holt, kept his Senate patronage. A Capitol policeman he chose held his job all during the time Huey was barking the shins of fellow Senators and even going after the prince of patronage prln-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Jan. 12. - Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is l5M, American Can il8E, American Light and Power 16, Anaconda 56la. Bethlehem Steel 76A, Calumet and aecla. 19, Com monwealth and Southern 4, Cur tiss-Wright 73l, General Motors 659s International Harvester 1047s Kennecott 62h, New York Central 42#, Southern Pacific 467s, United States Steel. 799z United Corpora ton 77s, Cities Service 47s, Brem- ner bid 2# asked 3A; Pound $491I.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
MS MEETING
 ON TOMORROW
Speakers Are Assigned for Session at Pentecos-
 tai Assembly

The InterdenominatiOnal Mis- sionary Society will hold its regulal meeting Wednesday January 13, al p. m. at the Pentecostal Assem- ply. An interesting and informa- tive meeting has been arranged cen tering around the subject of Afri- can Mission Work Mrs. Frank Barlow VIII act as chairman of the program, African missions of the different denominations will be pre- sented by the following speakers Methodist--Mrs. o. L. Kendall.
 Episcopal-Mrs. c. E. Rice.
 Salvation Army-Mrs R. B. Lesh- CT.
 Pentecostal-Mrs. c. E. Personeus. Lutheran-Mrs. Harry Stonehouse Presbyterian = Mrs. David Wag- goner.
 Mrs. Erling K. Olafson will be in charge of the devotional period.
 Special music will be furnsled by
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
CLorMING RErnRTrp rouNn

SEATTLE, Jan 12.-Ehe Seattle Daily Times this afternoon quoted an unnamed authority stating that the clothing of the Madison boy had been found in an automobile aban- doned at an Everett seryiee station The authority stated G.Men im- pounded the car
 The account received here said the driver of the car left suddenly after asking the attendant to fnl the gas tank The attendant claim ed to have seen the clothing and called G-Men It is said the cloth- ing was not bloodstainad
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
ANOTHER CAR REPORT

EVERETT, Wash, Jan Estate Patrolman Ted Horn said he had received a report that car had been abandoned suddenly by an ap- parently frightened man last night at Marysville. He said the car had been impounded because it had no license plates on it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
SEARCH ST ARTS FCn SLAYER OF YOUTH
Law Enforcement Agencies of Government Join
 to Make Capture
lcondnued rom t.age one3
the hIghway nnl thcn lost.

the highway and then lost
 That the kidnaper Is a swarthy man is evident lis description as given by the members Of the Matt son household at the time of the abduction tally exactly.
 Whether the boy was brutally beaten Co death. as his bloody face indicates, or killed by blunt in- strument by a blow on the head had not been definitely established last night Neither tle length of the time the body had laid in the spot where found had been determined up to last night,
 Why the body was stripped of clothing is also a mystery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
PREVIEW TONIGHT
Sgsyss ,7''''s. rss
OLDTlMLKg EIERs5
 RETURNING FROM
 VACATION OUTSIDE
hz hzTNEATREn .

August Bostrom and Ralph Strom, mining partners, and old- timers from the Interior, arrived in Juneau last night aboard the Prin- cess Norah after spending vaca- ton of about two months in Seat tie.
 MT Bostrom has been mining in the Fairbanks district for the past 32 years He and his partner are now on their way to newly &C., quired property near Fortymile, which they will prospect this spring.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
DENIES REPORT

EVERETT, Wash, Jan, 12-She- riff Walter Faulkner late this af- ternoon denied that any clothing of the Mattson boy has been found in an abandoned automobile
 T am telling you the truth, /" said the Sheriff to an Associated Press representative.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
FUNERAL SERVICES

TACOMA. Wash. Jan. l2.-It is announced that the Charles Mattson funeral services will be private and held at l o'clock Thursday after noon, conducted in the funeral par lors by the Rev Harold Long, Pres byterian minister.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
RTNEHART ON LEAVE

Jimmy Rinehart. pilot for the Alaska Air Transport, is taking pas sage for the South on the Princess Norah leaving here tonight.
 Rinehart will be gone about a month, staying at his home in Port land, Oregon. He will return here to resume his duties with the AAT as soon as the spring flying busi- ness commences.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
TO HOP TOMORROW

Planning to fly to the Polaris- Taku mine With freight and three miners this afternoon, in his North Canada Air Express Pilgrim plane, Pilot L. F, Barr, was forced to post pone the hop until tomorrow morn ing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
MISS M00RE:'S SONGS STEAL
 ROYAL HEART.
Gentle Julia Gives Screen Opportunity to Talent
 ed Child Actors

She lured the King from bis Prin- cess bride thrilled him with love songs-and then gave him the gatel Tempting monarch for one mad night Of revelry What & glorious romance for the golden voiced Grace Moore, appearing with Franchot Tone in the gayest, grand est love drama of the year, Colum- bias The King Steps Out clos ing at the Coliseum Theatre.
 The world will thrill anew as Grace Moore sings the immortal love songs of Fritz Kreisler singing them as a woman only sings when love sets her heart on fire! i Not so long ago, Jane Withers won her chance at film fame by an extraordinary performance in a pie ture in which Shirley Temple was the star
 Now a leading featured actress herself Jane is. providing thc same opportunity for two Httla boys in Gentle Julia" the Fox picture at the Coliseum Theatre
 Eddie Buzard and Jackie Hughcs are the two fortunates who appear with Jane. Jackie Searl, Martha Hunt and Tom Brown, in this de- lightful comedy-roniance from the lgIted pen Of Booth Tarkington. i Eddie Bunard is already known 10 movie actresses for his part in the Mickey Mcclure" comedies. Jackie Hughes is @ newcomer to movies, the possezsor Of a remark able tenor voice, and a boy for whom Hollywood predicts a future. l the Pcntecostal Assembly Consistin of a due. by Mrs. Gartia Vaughn ana Mrs g. Cameron.
 i Following the business meeting, devotional and program, refresh ments will be served by the ladies of the Pentecostal Assembly.
 All women of Juneau are cordially invited to attend the meeting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
MRS. HALL AT HOME

Mrs. George Hall and her baby daughter, Beverly Jane, were dis missed from St. Ann's Hospital to- day and have gone to their home.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
pow. ZONES AVERAGES

The following are toadY's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 1929, up .o3; rails 55.37, down .09; util- ities 8713, up ,54.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12

The process of making sweet po- tato chips has been patented, re- ports Food Industries, The potatoes are washed, sliced and cooked eight minutes in fat at a temperature ranging from BOP to 24e degrees.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
Work in Mill First

Principal industry at San Quen- tin is a jute mill, which imports the raw plant from India and turns out 10000 sacks a day They arc sold direct to farmers, scrupulous- ly kept out of the hands of middle men.
 Regardless of what prison job he eventually falls into, every nawcom- CT has his head clipped and spends bis first 13 months in the jute mill
 Under Warden Smith, the dun geon has been closed and the most extreme punishment inflicted is sol itary confinement. Desire to work up into good job" in one of the prisons shops or in its farms or gardens is credited chiefly with keeping the prisoners in line. There are PTS guards.
 A safety valve is provided by Warden Smith. who patiently inter views any convict who wishes to see him. In cases of prison grudges, he lets the two opponents put on boxing gloves and go after each oth- CT in view of their fellows.
 Location An Accident
 San Q.lentin's strategic position on a peninsula jutting out into San Francisco Bay was chosen largely by accident Tn the gold rush days convicts were kept on a prison ship under private contract. As the lula of easy money brought in riffratl from the seven seas, it became nee essary to house some on shore, and these first buildings formed the nu- cleus of what is now a big walled city.
 Even if economic conditions do not erase it's undesired pre-eminence, San Quentin is due to drop the word biggest" in the course of a few years. California has decided to build a second prison in the Los Angeles area and the prison popu- lation will be divided
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12

Gold production in Texas during 1885. increased A per cent over the 1884 output.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12

Porpoises are credited with keep ing sharks away from shore water. They are rarely slain by fishing folk.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
STROMBERGS LEAVING
 FOR SOUTH ON NORAFl

C. J. stromberg, well-known car penter Of Juneau, accompanied by Mrs. Stromberg, will leave on the Princess Norah for trip to the States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12

ces, Postmaster General James Far lev.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12

Today's News Today-Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
Ky SAM JACKSON
NEW YEARS AT SAN QUENTIN

SAN QUENTIN, Cal. Jan. 12. The biggest peniJentiary in the country Is about to lose unat rating and is glad of it.
 A drop of nearly 500 in the popu- lation of the California State Prison here is hailed by Warden Colnt smith as a sure index of better times and more jobs
 The inmates are now down to B. 292, after running well over 5000 during the worst of the depression, md Gan Quentin hopes soon to hand ovar the rank Of biggest" 10 come institution in the East. New Yolk, Illinois and Ohio have more conyic5s on hand than California, but they are split up among more institutions.
 California has only two places for male felons-San Quentin for first terms. Folsom for repeaters.
 Alcatraz small Time"
 Despite the celebrity of Alcatraz, which lies out in the bay not far from the State prison, the govern ment's Devil Island" is just a small time jail compared with the big business" going on at San Juentin.
 The latter requires two immense dining rooms, one seating 5000 men, the other 2000, to feed it's in- mates. No cafeteria routine delays meals. The prisoners are waited cn al their tables and an orchestra plays fer all meals except breakfast.
 Once each day the diners get oeaus. This is not an economy diet. but is demanded by the large proportion of Mexican eonviets.
 Largest Cell - ock
 It takes three free employees and 900 inmates to run the mess hall, which uses 125 pounds of coffee a meal. 1 800 ioaves of bread a day
 At night some 2,ooO men sleep in the largest single cell block in the world, containing 1000 cells. The studious ones can cram on school courses. taking their choice of 250 in the prison curriculum. One hum dred and twenty better educated convicts have jobs as instructors.
 It takes five doctors and two den- lists to look after the health of San Quentin inmates, although the ad- ministration is proud of the fact that the hospital list averages only zE
Evening star., 1937-04-11
Miscellaneous

81 Fibre Auto Corynq Bosket
with two strong hondles ------1.
$50 Fine Fibre Boskinette,
with coilopsible legs 2.79
Us Sturdy coIIopsibIe Nursery Seats 88c
3.95 Wicker Bosket on stondord
Dupont Rubber Tub, eonvos dressing tob!e,
long rubber hose NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 3.79
Neinerts Rubber ond Turkish Combination
Feeding Bibs. Rejects ---------t0c
Evening star., 1937-04-11

Graduates Of the "Mothercrof course will assist you
ASK ABOUT THE HECHT CO.'S TWIN INSURANCE!
Evening star., 1937-04-11

lntonts' Hondmode. Scooped 6ertrudes, 27c
Botis.e Hondmode ond Trimmed
Sertrudes 38c
Trimmed Flonneiette Gowns. 6ertrudes
ond Kmonos ---------------- 3Sc
Hondmode Bo'iste Philippine
Body Dresses ------------ 48e
Hondmode koinsook Philippine
Body Dresses, loee trimmed ----79c
Lsie Socks, white ond colors, pioin ond
foneY. 4 to 7----------------14c
Pique Hots for boys ord girls. White
ond coIors. Many styles 4Sc
79c ond 81 Tots Print Ploy Clothes.
Sires ] to s ------------------ 5oc
Todders' Hondmode Botste Dresses
postei shodes. Sizes | to 3 ~ 4Sc
Celiophone Wrapped Double Breasted
Cotton Summer Vests -------------2 28c
Fine Hand Croeheted Boby Bootees
White, pink or blue trim --l7c
Joponese Poneee Coolie Coots for
Summer. Sizes 4 to s -------- SIC
Infants koinsook kiehfeowns.
Button fronts 49, --------- 39c
Fine combed Cotton Knit kishteowns
Tope tie strings ----------- 5Se
35e Spun-lo RoYoa pon,ies ond BIoomers
Sizes 2 to s 22c
Durene and Isle Lightweight Sleeveless
Vests. to s -----.---------l9c
True joponese Style ponsee Silk Poiomos.
Sizes 4 to s ~-------.-- ---~---- SIC
l59 and l,S5 Tots SompIe Dresses
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-29
Reeves Wilson
Engagement Is
Announced I'D

The engagement and approaching
marriage of Miss Ruth Reeves, of
this city, and Mr.. Samuel Pannill
Wilson, of Cascade, Va, was an
nounced Thursday, July %, at
luncheon given in honor of Miss
Reeves by the Jonathan Hunt
Chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution held at the
home of Mrs. Richard Chatham in
Elkin, N. c. Miss Reeves is regent
of the chapter.
The Chatham home was beautiful
ly decorated with summer cut flow
ers. Covers we're laid for twenty
four. Members outside of the chap
ter who were guests included Mrs.
O. L. Slayton, of Draper; Mrs. Bill
Gwynn, of Leakesville; Mesdames
Ben Reeves and Roy Burgess. OF
Sparta; Mesdames Blanche Neal
Pless, B. E. Reeves. John T. Hoyle
Carl B. GRAPHICAL, and B. B. Gray
heal. and Misses Lenna Gamb' Il and
Ruth Tugman, of this city; and Mrs
A. V. Foote, of Chicago.
The announcements came at the
end of the luncheon when small
cakes were served on the icing OF
which were the initials IN. R. R. tC
S. P. w., September"
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to give wealth to the weed. Oil and
sap (water) do not mix, but come
and 60, at intervals, during the life
of the plant. When the sap rises it
runs the oil out Coil being lighter)
through the pores of the leaf to the
surface where it forms gum" we'll
known to all tobacco growers. To-
bacco harvested in this condition
will cure badly and be light and in
ferior in quality.
My father grew tobacco for about
20 years. He found that there are
better times than other for harvest
ing tobacco in order to secure best
results. shall be pleased to answer
any correspondence from tobacco
growers, provided postage is sent
for reply.
w. H. DAVIS.
Fork, N. c.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-29
NOT ALL "YES" MEN

The defeat of the supreme court measure IN
Congress has served to demonstrate that all the
statesmen in Washington are not as they have
been accused of being rubber-stamp-yes-men
Of course, President Roosevelt was tamper-
ing with dangerous legislation when he started
out on what we consider in America as one of
the foundation stones of the government-the
judiciary branch which is founded in and
springs from the Supreme Court. But whatever
he was tampering with, President Roosevelt
was determined to reorganize the court and in
no uncertain terms he had told his overwhelm-
ingly Democratic Congress of his intentions.
A great fight was waged with good men on
both sides. 1t is said that the speeches for and
against the measure that were made on the
floors of Congress are apt to rank in history as
debates equal to the history-making Hayne-
Webster debate that has come down to us as the
Senatorial classic of all time Senator Robinson's
death is directly laid at the door of strain and
hard work growing out of the court fight. Yet,
in the final wind-up and the last roll CALL the
supreme court measure was lost.
Senators and Conressmen are still capable of
running nation and we need not tear our hair
over possible relationships as long they at
tend to the affairs of the nation and to the
business of representing the citizens of the va
rious 48 states by virtue of whose vote they are
in Washington.
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Notice.!

To the DepOsitorS and Creditors OF
the Bank of Sparta, Sparta, N. C.
You are hereby notified on July
l, 1887, all the assets of
Deposit Savings Bank
North Wilkesboro, N. C.
The Bank of Sparta
Sparta, N. c.
Merchants & Farmers Bank
huntsville and
BakerSVille, N. G.
The Watauga County Bank
Boone and
Blowing Rock, N. c.,
we're purchased by the Northwest
arn Bank of North Wilkesboro, N. c.,
with branches at Sparta, huntsville,
Bakersville, Boone and Blowing
Rock, N. c., and all liabilities of said
Deposits and Savings Bank, Bank of
Sparta, Merchants and Farmers
Bank, and the Watauga County
Bank, were assumed by the North
western Bank. The purchase of said
assets and the assumption of said
liabilities were effective under an
agreement of consolidation entered
nto prior to said date.
This 22nd day of July, 1887.
EDWIN DUNCAN, Cashier.
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Sparta News

Mrs. Oscar Wagner and son Lew
is spent last week with relatives at
Galax.
L. H. Brooks is recovering from
an accidental shot he received in an
arm a few days ago. Up
Mrs, Edwin Duncan is reported
rapidly recovering from recent OPP
Grafton for appendicitis in States
vile hospital.
Attorney Russell Whitener and
family, of Newton, spent Sunday at
the home of DR.. Choate.
Elder and Mrs. J. M. Williams
have returned home after several
days visit in Richmond, Va.
Mrs. Sidney Gambill and daugh-
ter, Billie, have returned to Wash
ington after spending several days
with relatives here and in Ashe
county.
DR.. C.. A. Thompson is confined in
the Chatham Memorial Hospital at
Elkin. He is suffering from a num-
Der of internal complications.
Lon Mack Reeves, A. c. Edwards,
and others in fishing party caught
a cat fish Monday morning that
weighed 35 pounds.
F. H. Jackson, Rev. A. B. Bruton,
Vosco Edwards, and the following
Tar Heel farmer boys left Monday
morning for White Lake to spend
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-29

Notwithstanding the fact that the families
of Miss Dupont and young Franklin Roosevelt
do not pull we'll together in the same harness.
according to common report, the persons men
toned got married few weeks ago, and enough
time has passed for the general public to forget
the matter The noble army of prophets of dis
aster have made careful note of the circum-
stances and year, five years, or ten, will not
be too long to wait to say, if necessary, II told
you So"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-29

the week: Hoke Andrews, Claude
Andrews, Page Evans, Eugene Hig-
gins, Sam Miller, Wade Miller, Fred
Johnson, Harrell JONES, Astor
JONES, Howard Wagner, Chas.
Pugh, Sam Royal, Vernon Smith.
D. c. Bledsoe and Miss Virginia
Johnson were married last week at
Northz Wilkesboro. They spent a
short time with friends camping on
New River and left in a trailer for
an extended trip North and West
They will be at home in Sparta aft
er their return.
Bird Lunday, aged II, died at his
home in the Saddle Mountain Sec
ion on July II after few weeks
illness. He was we'll know citizen
md will be greatly missed in his
community.
He is survived by the widow of a
second marriage and the following
children: Mrs. Isom Wagner, Sparta;
Mrs. Tyre Franklin and Edd Lundy
of Glade Valley; Mrs. Troy Carico,
White Hall, Md; Mack Lundy, Ga
lax, Va; Harl Lundy, Independence,
Va; Elem and Sam Lundy, Bel Air,
Md; and Bletch Lundy, of Alberta,
Canada.
C. T. Caudill, age 50, of Trout
dale, Va, died at his home on July
10. He had been in failing health
for several months.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-29

Entered as second-class matter on Oct. 1, 1925 at
the post office at West Jefferson, North Carolina
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-29
MONEY IN VINEGAR

During years of bumper apple crops in this
section hundreds of bushels of apples 60 to
waste and nothing seems to be done about it.
Housewives can and dry all they can and the
rest are left to rot if there are not enough hogs
around to eat them.
We see no reason why vinegar plant could
not become source of revenue by being given
a central location and by arranging to get con-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-29

tract to furnish pure apple vinegar to some
leading vinegar distributors. BY taking in
large territory, an unusual amount OF vinegar
could be produced and bushels of apples that
normally go to waste would be turned into
money.
It is another idea that might amount to some
thing if it did not vanish in idle talk.