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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-24
Rental Of ST a Room
Set on PWA Project

Establishment of rents for Har-
lem River homes, PWA's $4,219, 900
low-rent housing project in New
York city. was announced today
by Public Works Administrator
Harold L. Ickes.
Rents were set at an average Of
ST per room per month. This fig
ure includes heat and hot and cold
water. Gas and electricity charges
will be billed to tenants at an av-
erage flat rate Of SLAP per room
per month.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-24
Fibrous Roof Coatings

Fibrous roof coatings are thick
paints containing short fibered
asbestos, and are used primarily
for prolonging the life of compo-
sition and sheet metal roofs.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-04
Ed Davis Quits
| County Board
j. q. Oliver Appointed to Succeed
Davis; Takes Oath of Office
On First Monday

Elder Ed Davis has rendered his
resignation as member OF the
board of county commissioners.
Since Mr.. Davis was nominated and
even prior to the nomination, he told
his friends and supporters that since
he was holding a position as fore
man on WPA project that he could
only accept the nomination and
election as county commissioner up
on the condition that it would not
interfere with his WPA position.
A decision upon the matter was
not reached until recently and Mr.
Davis was notified by the WPA au-
thorities that he could not be per-
mitted to hold his position as fore
man and also serve in any public
office. Every possible {. effort !. was
madsby Mr.. Davis and his friends
to getsan exception to the rule which
is In force all over the United States
with reference to WPA foremen and
when it appeared that it was. i'm
possible to get an exception made to
the general rule, Mr.. Davis very re-
luctantly rendered his resignation as
a member of the board of county
commissioners for the reason stated
and for no other reason.
In resigning as county commits
sioners, DR.. Davis expressed his deep
and heartfelt appreciation of the
support he had received in the town
ship primaries, the Democratic
county convention and in the cleo
ton. He expressed the hope that all
of his friends would understand his
decision. The position of county
commissioner is one almost without
remuneration and Mr.. Davis felt
that he owed it to his family to re-
tain the position which pays him q
living salary, especially in view OF
the fact that his situation was un-
derstood by his friends in advance.
Mr.. j. E. Oliver of Laurel was ap-
pointed by J. D. Stansberry, clerk of
the superior court, to succeed Mr..
Davis as member of the board of
county commissioners and has taken
the oath of office as county commits
sioner. Mr.. Oliver is one of the coun-
tvs best known citizens and has
been active for many years as a
party worker without equesting any
office. He did not seek the appoint
ment but expressed himself as will
ing to accept and to serve the people
of the county to the best of his abll-
ity. It is felt that the appointment
of Mr.. Oliver will meet with general
approval.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-04
TrenblOr Felt
At Weak Levee
Slight Earthquake Does Not Do
Any Harm at Tennessee Spot
Where $4,000 Work

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan. 30.-A
slight earth tremor injected a new
and fearsome element into the Mis-
sissippi Valley flood fight today near
Tiptonville, Tenn, where $4,000
men labored with shovel and sand
bags to hold levees against a de-
structive superflood.
Dixie workers and townspeople re-
ported that there was a brief trem-
bling of the earth about 3 a. m. in
the area where a century ago an
earthquake formed the vast Reelfoot
Lake east of the river.
"A hasty inspection by engineers
indicated that the earthen walls
were not preached.
cit lasted for several seconds"
said Chief of Police Pete Smith, 'but
there wasn't any damage. The levees
are still holding above town"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-04
Pick Farms for
Demonstration
Committee to Hold Second Meet
On 10th and Select 4 More
Demonstration Farms

The countrywide committee for Sc
lecting Demonstration farms met at
the courthouse Saturday Jan. 30.
The committee organized by Sc
lecting Bruce Dent as chairman and
J. c. Goodman as secretary. The 9th
er members are: T. E. Dickson, G. D.
Cox, J. B. Gentry, Monroe WEIGH,
and V. G. Lillard. :.
The following farms were selected
J. B. Gentry's farm, Old Fields;
John w. Knox's farm, Creston; Wal
ter Pennington's farm, Jefferson; j.
JONES' farm, Walnut Hill; Walter
JONES' farm, Pond Mountain; w. M.
Transou's farm, Peak Creek.
The committee will meet on Feb
ruary 20 to consider additional ap-
plications and to select at least four
more farms. They expect to make
this their final meeting of the year.
If you are considering making appn!-
cation we would suggest you turn II
in to the county agents office as
soon as possible.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-04
Agent
Urges Care Of
CoodPastures
Gives Many Useful Suggestions
On Methods of Improving
Pastures in AShe
(Bv G. J. RICH)

10Y ~ 81 xtxSx4/
Fresh green grass is one of natures
best food for animals. It furnishes
much of the needed nourishment in
form easily assimilated so that the
animals eating it soon present very
sleek, thrifty appearance. It not only
furnishes food nutrient but miner
ais and vitaminS as well.
But where do these substances
come from? The elements that pro-
duce the grass and all of its conSti-
tuents come from the soil. But can
the grass plants get these elements If
they are not in the soil? They GER
tainly can not. When we sow grass
on land that has been robbed OF
most of its plant food substances it
is almost certain that we will be dis
appointed in the growth of the grass.
Grass grown on such land cannot
maintain animals as they should be.
It does not have the necessary food
substances to do so.
If we would grow good livestock
on pastures we must furnish the
grasses we seed In the soil plenty OF
food so that the grasses will furnish
the animals plenty of food. This can
be done only by putting our pasture
grasses on fertile soils. If the grasses
then fail to grow, we should not be
discouraged for the failure to grow
may be due to lack of some one sub
stance which when supplied will
cause the plants to thrive.
We would not leave the impress
sion that good pastures are made by
the growing of grasses alone. AL
pastures should include legumes
(clover and lespedezas) with the
grasses. A good pasture mixture for
the mountains Of Western North
Carolina should include at least two,
probably more, legumes. White Glow
er and lespedeza should be included
In some cases alSike clover may be
added to good advantage. These le-
gumes along with Kentucky blue
grass, orchard grass,tan meadow oat
grass, redtop, and timothy will make
a good pasture if seeded on soil well
supplied with all the necessary plant
food elements. At least 80 pounds to
the acre should be seeded in the
spring on a well prepared seed bed.
Old pastures should be improved
by cutting all bushes and briars
from it. The thin spots should be
enriched and seeded. Pastures should
have the weeds moved down during
the summer. They should be moved
often enough to keep the weeds
from going to seed. Fertilizers (and
lime if needed) should be added in
the spring.
If all of our pastureland can not
be improved it might be advisable to
try improving a few acres. No doubt
it will pay. Let's give our pastures
and our cattle a chance.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-04
Exchange for
Women to Be
Club
Special Effort to Be Made to
Have Food Sale Saturdays;
Handwork Displayed

The establishment of an exchange
for the sale of women's work and a
general tree planting program were
among the outstanding features Of
the program adopted by the Wom-
ans Club for the new year at a
meeting held at the home of Miss
Ruth Reeves Friday. Mrs. w. D. Nc
MILAN, president, presided over the
business session and Mrs. j. M. Pre-
vette had charge of the program
which took up various phases of art.
The exchange will be started on a
small scale at once in order to have
it in full working order by the be-
ginning of the summer tourist sea-
son. All Ashe county women having
handwork, food, flower seeds, flower
or vegetable plants, will be allowed
to display them at the Ashe County
Public Library and Save the Chill
dren headquarters. in West Jeffer-
son. Special orders for cakes, can
dies, potato chips, and other delica-
cies will be taken.
Not only will the residents of the
city be urged to plant shade trees
this spring. but an effort will be
made to beautify the entrances to
the town by planting trees.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-04
late NEWS
FROM THE
State and Nation
DOUGH TON APPROVES
OF TRADE MEASURE

WASHINGTON, Feb. blanket
Endorsement of all that the admins
tration has done towards restoring
the foreign trade of the United
States, and that of the world,
through reciprocity arrangements
with nations abroad was given today
by the Democratic members of the
house ways and means committee in
a report to the house urging prompt
passage of the Doughton resolution
extending the reciprocal trade
agreements act until June IL, 1910.
The committe, of which Hon. r. l..
Doughton is the chairman, is con-
WINGED that the present foreign trade
agreements have gone far toward
reviving our foreign commerce and
in safeguarding it from adverse dis
elimination abroad.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-04
NO CHANCE TO SAVE LIFE
OF BOY PLAYING GUNMAN

Cecil Coins, 10, a tiny slug from a
blank cartridge pistol in his brain
after game of "gunmen," lay near
death Monday in a hospital in Mt.
Airy. Mrs. William Roesel, at whose
home the shooting occurred, said
Cecil and her 12-year-old son, Billy,
were playing alone in a room when
she heard Billy say:
Here's the way they do it in the
movies" A report followed, Cecil
fell. DR.. Moir S. Martin said tiny
silver of lead which remained in the
cartridge when it was "blC41ked''
was imbedded in his brain, where
it could not be removed, and that
there was no chance for the boy to
live.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-04
Relief Gifts Come
From All Parts
OF County

Men and women who could at
ford to give more and those who
could hardly afford to give as
much as they did are listed
afnong the many from all parts of
the county who have helped to
raise around $550.00 to send to
the flood sufferers in the Ohio
valley and in Louisville in parti-
cular.
Last week two little boys from
the Nathans Creek section sent in
ten cents each in the hopes that
maybe four homeless little boys
might be able to buy a hot dog
apiece or a cup of hot chocolate.
The boys had worked out their
money by the hard process of
cracking wa1nuts and selling
them which made the gift all the
more praiseworthy.
Mr.. Coward, who has headed
the work, and Miss Reeves, who
has assisted, are highly pleased
with the response given the call
for help.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-04
Jefferson Boy Is
HOnOred at College

BANNER ELK, Jan. 28.-Roy Ell
err, freshman from Jefferson, was
elected co-alternate captain of the
football squad for next year at Lees
McRae college this week.
Announcement of the election of
Eller to this position was made at
the annual football banquet which
was held this week. He was also one
of the fourteen squad members to
whom Coach Johnny Mackorell
awarded letter, at the banquet.
Eller is an outstanding student of
the campus, being a member of the
student council and the Monogram
club.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-04
TICKLE COSTS $4,000

Oscar Shaw, musical comedy ac-
tor, must pay Miss Etna Ross, dancer
$4,000, because, she charge in SUI.
preme Court, his alleged habit OF
tickling show girls caused her to fall
down flight of stairs and injure
herself. A jury settled the case this
week in New York City.
Under the terms Of the settlement
Shaw, who denied the allegations,
agreed to pay Miss Ross $500 down
and $500 mchthly. She sued for
$4,000.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-04
OHIO VALLEY LOSES
VALUABLE TOP SOIL

Two Federal land experts estimate
that the flood has washed away 300
million tons of fertile top soil from
127,OOO,000 acres in the Ohio water
shed.
Saying that "the permanent dam
age to farm and forest lands in the
Ohio drainage basin is enormous,
H. H. Bennett, chief of the Soil
Conservation service, and F. A. Sill
cox, chief of the Forest service, used
the Ohio flood as an object lesson
for urging a national soil conserva-
ton program. Such program, they
said, would take 80 or 40 years to
complete.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-04
FURTHER STRIKE
NEGOTIATIONS

Still hopeful of peaceful settle
ment in the General Motors strike
situation that has thrown hundreds
out of work, both sides are reported
to be working toward such negotia-
lions. However, the strikers were or
dered to evacuate the plants by
three o'clock Wednesday. The order
came from the circuit judge.
It is understood that big major
ity of the workers are anxious to be
returned to their jobs.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-04
Liquor Issue Postponed
As Drys Rally to Cause
Representatives and Senators
Work Hard With Early
Finish in View
3 PER CENT TAX CERTAIN

North Cardinals referendum drys
empowered her local option vets,
Fl speakers to one, and filled the
hall Of the house until standing
room was at premium last week
in, Raleigh in support of the Hutch
ems bill for a state vote on liquor.
But the judiciary committee, which
sat through four hours of speech
making, decided that it was not
ready to act on the proposed meas
ure and named Victor Byrant, of
Durham, who was chairman of the
liquor commission, Ernest Gardner,
Of Cleveland, a dry, and r. H. Rouse,
who comes from county where Ii
quor stores are operated, as sub
committee to make further study of
all liquor bills before the committee
and report at alter sitting, which
will not be held before next Tues
day morning.
The referendum supporters led by
Gale K. Burgess, head of the United
Dry forces in North Carolina, dis
played the calmest, the least bitter,
and what was characterized by
many as the most Skilful tactics
brought to Raleigh in recent years
by any anti-liquor group.
Moments of Tenseness
There were moments of tenSenesS
such as when Rev. M. T. Plyler, edi-
tor of the North Carolina Christian
Advocate, turned to the committee
and said:
II pray you gentlemen if you can
not withstand the onslaught of the
liquor influence in your delibera-
tions here, give us a chance to meet
it on the stump, in the schoolhouSeS
and everywhere in North Carolina.
We are not afraid. We ask only for
the right to speak"
Liquor came in for deal of rough
handling from all the speakers but
DR.. William Louis Poteat, the man
who started the ball rolling, declar-
ed this is. no place for impugning
motives or calling names. We are all
patriotic citizens trying to find the
best method of handling this prob
lem" And the dry lived up to their
promise of restraint as far as dealing
in personalities was concerned. They
did not pull their punches when
they were talking about beverages
but it would produce a million dol
lars less revenue than it's alterna-
tive, the 3 per cent tax with exemp-
tionS. Legislators were faced with
an ever growing appropriations bill
and an estimate that it is going to
take, in addition to all items now
in the spending bill, about million
and three-quarters dollars annually
to operate under social security.
2 Per Cent Tax Loses
North Carolina legislators were
week nearer home to stay when the
general assembly's joint finance
committee after adopting the three
per cent general sales tax with ex-
emptions by a AS vote, accepted
with applause the complete surren-
der of the minority supporting a
straight two per cent tax and agreed
to 60 to the floor of the assembly
with a united front.
This doesn't mean that when the
bill is offered in the house, maybe
next week, that amendments, some
of them similar to those offered in
the committee room will not be at
tempted. But it does mean that the
finance committee, almost to a man,
will stand by its subcommittee re-
port which was adopted without i'm
portant changes.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-04
DELEGATION GOES TO
RALEIGH IN INTEREST
OF SURFACING ROAD

A delegation composed of Grant
Bauguess, I. H. Stuart, Monte Weav-
er, and John Littlewood appeared
before the highway commission in
Raleigh last week in the interest Of
surfacing the Helton road leading
from Lansing to the Whitetop COM
munity.
The delegation reports that Mr.
Waynick, chairman of the commits
sion, heard their requests and prom
ised to send a representative to the
county to look over the road.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-04
KDNAPER ASKS FOR
$1,000 FROM FAMILY

Tight-lipped investigators concen-
trated this week on the safe return
of DR.. J. c. B. Davis, g., kidnapped
physician and leading citizen of Will
low Springs, Mo-, to his family from
whom $4,000 ransom has been de-
manded.
DR.. Davis disappeared a week ago
after leaving his office with a
stranger who's asked him to make a
professional call.
DR.. Davis medicine case, which
he carried when he departed with
The straAeer whom he called Mr..
James," was found in the North
Fork river, is miles southeast of
Willow Springs, last Friday. Despite
the omnibus discovery, members OF
the physicians family expressed
confidence he would return un-
harmed.
DR.. Davis brisk, wiry figure is al
most landmark in Willow Springs.
In 35 years of activity as a general
practitioner, he has attended most
of the towns $500 residents
ushered into the world good pro-
portion of its younger generation.
He has participated vigorously in
local politics civic undertakings.
Virtually every man, woman and
child in the countryside knows him
by sight.
At least four residents saw him
leave with the stranger.
BULLETIN
The body of DIR. Davis was
found Wednesday, with check
book i'm hand which showed
that he had probably tried des-
perately to buy off his kidnaper.
Robert Kenyon, 20, former i'm
mate of Alcatraz, is reported to
have confessed to the kidnap-
murder of the physician. He was
removed from Willow Springs
Jail to another in a nearby
county because officers feared
mob would attempt to dispose
of him.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-04
Ohio Valley Gets Relief
AS Floods Drain Down
Death and PeStilence Follow in
Wake of Record Flood;
Levees May Hold
WORST is PROBABLY OVER

The Ohio, dumping its biggest
flood of all time into the ever-rising
Mississippi, brought new menace last
night to Cairo, Ill, just as the men
of that city had thought they had
won long fight against the river.
The Gi1ies tapping up close to the
top Of thescity's 60-foot seawall, for
Is straight hours had stood station
airy. Suddenly, it began rearing a
new crest; pushed the stage to 1884
feet, only S IL inches short of the
bulwark, which, however, had a
temporary superstructure OF three
feet.
= The mayor already had warned
against premature rejoicing" and
at this change in affairs the coast
guard, standing by with SIS rescue
boats, ordered for the first time an
all-night watch.
To the south, the flooded upper
Mississippi at some points had been
swept by high, levee-menacing
winds, which in the night were
abating.
A feared eventuality in the Mis-
sissippi river was general rain over
major tributaries before the volume
poured into the river by the Ohio
could be cleared through.
Such rains, said a government en-
gineer at Baton Rouge, La, might
bring about flood on the lower
river-presently not regarded in
danger-"even greater than 1927"
Officials said that without such an
eventuality, the big levee line in all
probability would hold.
Workers Drowned
Far upstream, flood-menaced New
Madrid, Mo-, heard with sorrow that
at least Is levee workers had lost
their lives in trying to protect that
area. The discovery that number
and perhaps more-had drowned in
barge submersion came after earli-
er belief that only six had been lost.
The flight of flood refugees was
nowhere reported more uncomfort-
able than in east Arkansas, where
thousands huddled on ridge in
tents, or spent waking hours in heat
ed public buildings, in sub-freezing
weather.
Between that ridge and the river
itself water released by tributary
levee breaks crept coldly southwark.
Disease Ram pant
Struggling under the Ohio's rec
ord flood, Louisville as early as
Wednesday had tragically mount
ing list of fatalities. There were rell-
able estimates of 300 deaths in hos
pitfalls there from flood effects. In
addition, Deputy Coroner Barrett
said 100 bodies had been taken from
the city's submerged west end and
that none of them were drowned but
all died of exposure, pneumonia and
heart ailments.
So great was the threat to santa
ton that the dead were being buried
without Identification. DR.. Hugh r.
Leavell, city health officer, said de-
composed bodies-he knew not how
many-had been taken to highland
cemeteries for burial in trenches.
deputies to the coroner.
"We have no way of knowing how
many dead we will find when the
waters go down." he added with
grim significance
Patience Urged
With the flood water of the Ohio
river receding slowly Mayor Neville
Miller urged the people of Louis
vile ito have patience and not all
try to return to their homes immed-
lately.
I'VE still have flood here but if
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-04
NEW ROUTE is OPEN

It is reported that the new road to
Wilkesboro can now be travelled
with only a short distance on the
scenic highway to be traversed that
is rough. Travel over this route
makes the distance from West Jeff
erson to North Wilkesboro amount
to about forty minutes time.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-04

Map showing 1OO-mile wide strip
along the Mississippi river from
Cairo, ILL.,, to New Orleans which
the War department ordered evacu-
ated of all people in the most dis
astrous flood in the nations history.
Largest peace time removal of
civilians in history, the project was
conceived to save the lives of more
than 100000 reoc!e.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-04

the people will wait day or two
until sanitary engineers can inspect
the inundated zone they will be al
lowed to enter as quickly as the
area is approved" he said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-04

DR.. Alternately, of Elkin, was the
chief speaker at the Bishops CRU
SADIE which was held in Jefferson,
Sunday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-04
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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-11-04
Armistice Day
Rites Planned

An Armistice day program to
which the public Is given cordial
invitation is to begin at the high
school auditorium next Thursday
afternoon at 200 p. m. The whole
school will participate in the obser-
vance. Outside speakers are being
engaged to deliver talks, and while
the names of the speakers were not
known this afternoon, 1T was I'M
derstood that veteran from Soap
L. Ike was one of these speakers.
The school Law requires pro-
grom be given in every school of
the state on November II commem-
Grating two events-the signing of
the Armistice and the admission Of
the State of Washington into the
union back In 1889. The school
celebration is called Victory and
Admission Day. With the burst of
popular enthusiasm which has de-
veloped recently as a result of the
Constitution sesquicentennial, peo-
pie the country over will pay more
heed to this years observance OF
Armistice day than during recent
years.