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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-08-26
CALVIN'S DIGEST
BY FLOYD j. CALVIN
Listed by Editor 8x PubIisher)
Southern Economies

Southern Economics
The economic underpinnings of
the South have been exposed to the
spotlight of publicity by the Matt
onal Emergency Council. which has
reported to the President that the
South is the Nations mo. / Econ
omic Problem"
While there are numerous prob
lens which bedevil the Southern
situation, it appears that Cotton and
Tenant Farming are the two main
sources of trouble. The report
says: "The farming South depends
on cotton and tobacco for two tn rds
of its cash income. More than FaIf
of its farmers depend on c tton
alone The cotton market is a
sheer gamble. ,o'l this gamble near
" 2 million Southern families stale
their years work and everything
they own .. fhe men who finance
cotton farminr ~hafoo ;@r in est
rates because their money is subject
to fer more than fha normal COM
mercial risk This process ha4
fore I'd more than half Of hn South's
farmers into q stat Of tc nants,
tillirg land they 20 not own.
Whites and Nrgraae have uttered
alike. OF the 1,83f,000 tenna
fsrne ers in the resion. abort s6 per
cent are white. Approyim ately hat
the sharecronners white liv ny
under economic conditions almost
identical With those of Negro share
troopers"
It is a dreary, sad report on 7
. land that is the traditional home o1
SO many native Americans. S me-
thing ought to be done, and it looks
| like the man Of the hour Presideni
Poosevelt-is ready to strike.
, New Deal Statesman
In checking up on the New Doa
| and what it has meant to the Negro
we find that DR.. William j. Thomp-
kins is one of the outstandi7 {
statesmen Of our group in Wash
| ington who got his chance unde
| President Roosevelt DR.. Thompkin'
is the only full fledged head of al
independent agency of the Govern
ment-Recorder of Deedswhicl
our group has furnished under th'
present Democratic regime. He re
ports directly to the President, AM
has charge of a large number 0
workers, and is responsible for lsrg
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-08-26

way whatsoever. He has never been
a candidate for any public elective
Office and is not candidate at this
time. He is an active member Of
the National Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People. Polit-
ically he is Republican, although
he has never taken part in the color
ed wards, and is a protege Of Fred
Schneider, for many, many years
true friend of the colored people. He
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-08-26

amounts Of the Governments funds.
DR.. Thompkin's reports have
shown his department i operating
with high degree of health and
efficiency. And he has demonstrated
that the Negro as a full fiedged adj
ministrator, is still able to function
with credit, when given the oppor-
tunity.
Money Values
Since in America. wo Til is rated
very largely in te' M of hi nsy--
dollars and cents-we are stantly
noting with apprec i0n lie isa in
value Of various Neg,o en- e prises
II the current Journal of Negro Edu
cation, DR.. John w. Davis. president
Of the Association Of Neg Land
Grant colleges, poin,s out that the II
Negro land grant & Feeas Lave
combined plant valuation, as of
1886, Of $15, 5,o0G, ,405. Prairie View
college in Texas tops the list with
a plant valuation OF 81 So, sos
The plants Of five other schools are
valued at over a million dollars
Florj3a A. & NJ College, S1,220,087;
A. e. r.. college Of North Carolina.
s1,123,927; A. &. I. State college cf
Tennessee. s1,34o 900; Virginia
| state coileoe, S12A1 461; ard West
Virginia State Of witch Dr.. Davis
! is president, $3.50 a53.
| The only Negro bank now in the
| million dollar class is in Durh am
| M csa anics Il Fare S, G.. G. So uli
ing, president, which has just re-
| ported, as Of June 80, ass IS t
81 300, ,150.72 The bank has ) o.
| 072.07 in cash, u. S. Bonds. S127,-
| 500; State, cornty and municipal
bonds, S214,412.5o; other bonds,
| notes and debentures, $116,356.69;
loans and Discounts, $423.76 40.
| The bank has total deposits of ST.
| 015, 5,986.82-demand deposits, $242,-
| 1915; time deposits, 409,709.62;
ether time deposits, $75,022.34; ".
S. Government and pastal sa ings
| deposits, S151 ,455.42: State, County
and municipal deposits, $l19.O6l.57
and denosits by other banks, $558 5b
| This bank is Gradually becoming
/ as an interracial bank, local
| whites in North Caroliaa dong an
increasing amount Of business with
| it, althoueh it is owned and operated
| exclusively by Negroes. R. L Dou-
gald is cashier Of the bank,
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-08-26
CATHOLIC
WO M N
BACK COLLEGE
ON RACE ISSUE

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 (C)--Ihe
decision Of the ManhattanvIle Col
lege of the Sacred Heart to ADMIT
Negro girl to the Freshman class,
which was met by the circulation q
an anonymous letter to the school
alumni urging that the move be pro
tested, brought twenty-five letters
of approval of the stand, it IS reveal
ed in "The Tower Postscript, otflc-
ial publication Of the school. Elk
tracts from the letters of approval
are published in the summer number
of the college publication.
Mrs. j. W. Diggles Of Chicago
wrote. II have received through the
mail an anonymous printed commun-
ication asking me to protest the ao-
mission of colored girl into the
Freshman Glass at ManhattanVliie
College. Apparently the instlgator
az this Jim Grove leaflet Is ashamed
to expose her identity or she Wouio
not have written behind coWaraiy
anonymity. | herewith inform you
that am convinced that Jim Crow
ism is inherently opposed to the
fundamental equality of all races IN
Catholicism and wish to commend
you for your progressive step IN ad-
mittine young ladies regardless TO
their race into the full privileges OF
Manhattanville College
Mrs. Frank Cannon of New YORK
wrote: My sense of loyalty and de-
yotion has been outraged by TINS en-
closure which was addressed to me
and sent out by supposedly loyal
and devoted group Of Sacred Heart
Women. Loyalty must go hand ln
hand with courage, and this unsigned
statement is the most cowardly ara
biqoted, in print, ! have ever seen
yt will have it's effect-effect now
ever in vour behalf, and undoubtedly
ha q stimulus to the need OF great
er LOYALTY and devotion, from q
great body Of Sacred Heart women
t. the difficult problems you are cai'--
cd upon to meet in these froabious
t;mes--women who try to keep pc
fore them, viviaiy and uh1eteeisu
your teachino and INTERPRETATION o.
loyalty and devotion in Catholic Ac-
ton. like to think Of myself as one
of those women and am always
grateful to the Sacred Heart OF Jesus
for accordino me the nrioilege OF be-
ing d Sacred Heart girl
Hildreth Meiere Of New fofE
wrote II was amazed and outraged
to receive an unsigned communica-
tion through the mails, protesting
the acceptance bv Manhattanville
OF colored student j am on's
one OF your many children who vii
want to go on record as accepting
yorr decision,
Helen Cariin, class Of ~. wrote
from Boston. st was annoyed, re-
ally distressed, to receive that an
nonymous protest AGAINST Nanhaf-
sanville receiving colored freshman
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-08-26

was one step in the method of
loW-cost housing construction
developed b y the Farm Secur-
ity Administration.
(Bottom) One of the project
farmers with a wagon load of
seed and fertilizer. BY pur-
chasing their tools and sup.
plies in large wholesale lots
the project families have been
able to save considerable sums
Of money. CAMP.
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One Of the new prefabricat-
ed homes being erected on the
project. The walls in gable
ends were built in sections at
a temporary mill erected on
the project and then hauled on
trucks to the house site. This
is engaged in the furniture business
at 15-ls-22 Vine Street as gen.
eral manager Of the Gordon Furni-
ture Co.
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GORDON

Continued from page onse
act one cent nor to capitalize in any
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-29
81 American
Nations Will
Stand Together
Republics Of Western World
Present Solid Front To
Europe And Asia.

Lima, Peru, Dec. 24.-The
eighth Pan-American conference
ended a sharp backstage diplo-
matte conflict today by unani-
mously adopting a declaration of
American solidarity against for
eign military or political infer
interference in the western
world.
Formal approval of the 'Decla-
ration of Lima" served notice on
the world that, in event of dam
ger to the sovereignty of any of
the Fl North and South American
nations of western hemisphere
would stand together as a united
defense bloc.
The final declaration, however,
was a compromise, reached after
long and sometimes serious dip
lomatic controversy among Ar
gentina, Brazil and the United
States. Brazil wanted stronger
declaration aimed at Europe's to-
talitarian powers, while Argen-
tina refused to join any declara-
ton that might be interpreted as
aimed at friendly and CONNER
cially important nations.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-29
Hash Appointed Chairman OF
Jackson Day Dinner In Ashe

will leave no doubt in the minds
of those who hear him that there
is a Democratic Administration in
Washington as we'll as one in Ra-
leigh, Chairman Larkin said.
Persons contributing $500 or
more will be invited to attend the
Statewide dinner in Raleigh and
Chairman Larkin announced a
three-way plan for those plan
ming to attend the event. Plan
One calls for the payment of
$500 at the time of reservation;
Plan Two calls for the payment
of $3.50 at the time of reserva-
ton and the balance on March
LIST; and Plan Three calls for the
payment of $500 at the time Of
reservation, with $500 on March
18th and $500 on April 18th.
One-fourth of the money rails
ed in North Carolina, Chairman
Larkins pointed out, will be re-
tanned for use of the State Demo-
cratic Executive Committee.
Names of those securing reserva-
tons at the dinner will be sent
to James A. Farley, National De-
mocratic Chairman, and each will
receive a card of thanks from the
National Chairman.
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Especial to The POst)

Raleigh, Dec. 27.-The appoint
ment of j. B. Hash as Chairman
of the annual Jackson Day Dinner
Committee in Ashe Co. was an
nounced here by State Senator
John D. Larkins, Jr., of Jones
county, State Chairman of the
Jackson Day Committee planning
for the annual Jackson Day Din
ner to be held in Raleigh on the
night of January 7th at eight
o'clock at the Sir Walter Hotel.
GAS the Democratic Chairman
in Ashe County, Mr.. Hash has
been very helpful in the past and
we are counting on him and 9TH
er good Democrats in the county
to help us raise our part to help
wipe out the deficit incurred by
the National Democratic Execu-
tive Committee in the recent
campaign, said Chairman Lar
kins.
Ashe County has been asked to
raise 500 as it's part in the State
wide campaign that will culmi-
nate with the annual Jackson Day
Dinner in Raleigh, where Dem
cratic speaker of National reputa-
ton will deliver an address that
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-29
West Jefferson
Merchants Had
Fine Xmas Trade

A large number of West Jeffer-
son merchants reported this week
that they had excellent Christ
mas business" and several stated
that it was the "best ever.
All last week the streets and
stores here were lined and filled
with Christmas shoppers from all
parts of this section of the state.
The visits of Santa Claus and
the Christmas street lights and
decorations undoubtedly helped
stimulate Christmas shopping.
From all over the trading area
shoppers were also impressed
with the fact that West Jefferson
is an excellent trading center.
This week many of the local
merchants have been busy taking
inventory.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-29
Convict Badly
Burned Yesterday
Spilled Gas On His Clothes And
Caught Afire Trying To Build
A Fire.

One of the convicts in the State
prison camp at Warrensville was
badly burned yesterday while he
was making a fire near Ore Knob
where he and a crew of other
convicts were working.
DIR. B. E. Reeves stated that
the Negroes legs were severely
burned, but that he expected him
to pull through.
According to reports, the negro
was attempting to build a fire
where the group was working.
He spilled gasoline and other in
famables on his clothes and when
a match was struck, they were
Immediately ignited. Fellow
cCnvicts had a difficult time ex-
the flames, it was
stated.
Jess Gentry was foreman of
the crew at the time. The negro's
name was not learned.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-29
Ashe County Hospital Drive To Commence Next Monday
$4,000 Is Goal
Set For Hospital
Association DR..
To Sell $1,000 Non-Profit
Bearing Stock Certificates.
Big Opportunity.
CHAIRMEN TO MEET

The drive to organize an Ashe
County Hospital Association and
thereby to raise 100000 for the
erection and equipping of mo-
dern, stone-veneered, 27-bed,
$4,000 WPA hospital, through
the sale of non-profit bearing,
non-negotiable stock certificates,
will commence next Monday
morning, January 2.
At a meeting of three chair
men of the hospital association
drive, composed of Revs. r. H.
Stone, w. ]. Huneycutt and w. f.
Wilmington, which was held last
week, Prof. r. E. L. Plunlrner,
Wade Eller and Ed M. Anderson
were also appointed to serve as
drive chairmen and thereby make
it easier to cover the county by
dividing it into six parts instead
of just three, Supt. J. B. Hash,
chairman of the finance commit
tee, has announced. f%e
A meeting of these six men
has been set for Saturday MORN
ing, at II o'clock, at the court
house. At that time a complete
organization for the campaign
will be projected and community
committees appointed.
Every citizen in the county will
be given an opportunity to join
the Ashe county hospital associa-
ton and thereby to have a part
in the erection and operation Of
this badly needed institution.
The county commissioners have
agreed to act as the sponsoring
agency and will submit the WPA
application to Washington at
once, it is stated.
In the meantime, every effort
will be made to raise the spon-
sor's share and work on the
building, after WPA approval is
secured, will not and cannot CONF
mence until this sponsors part
has been raised.
The commissioners have agreed
TO turn the building after it is
completed back over to the pro-
posed Ashe County Hospital AS
scciation to operate on non-pro-
fit basis. 1t is proposed that the
hospital association be incorpora-
ted under the laws of the state.
Each certificate will sell for
$1,000 and those putting $50000
into the association will be CIV
en- SO certificates. Each stock
certificate entities person to one
vote in the affairs of the Asso-
citation.
Those giving less than $1,000
will be listed in the building Of
the institution as contributors
and, of course will have no voice
in the operation of it.
A central location, readily ac-
cessible from all parts of the
county, has been proposed, but
none has been selected as yet.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-29
Mrs. Bare, A &c
7S, Died Monday

Mrs. Isabelle Poe Bare, age 70,
of Wagner, died at her home
Monday from heart trouble.
Funeral services were held yes
terday at the Roan's Creek
church by Rev. Bug Graham, of
Seco, KY. A large crowd of
friends and relatives attended the
last rites for this we'll known
citizen.
Her husband, Nelson Bare, was
killed about IS years ago by a
dynamite blast.
Mrs. Bare leaves the following
children: Gordon Bare, lawyer,
of Erwin, Tenn; r. A. Bare, Jen-
kins, KY; S. c. Bare, and Mrs.
Lena Sexton, of Seco, KY; Isaac,
Basil, John Bare and Mrs. Rena
Reed, of Wagner.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-29
Ashe Legion Post
Wins Community
Service Citation
Four Other Posts In 18th. Dis
trict Get Award. p. G.
Wright Pleased.

The Ashe county post Of the
American Legion was awarded
a community citation for 1888 for
its community service and post
activity records during the past,
it has been announced by the Ma
tional Americanism Commission.
The local post has won this
distinction several times in the
past for worthwhile and out
standing service.
Of the 1876 Legion posts in the
state, 80 of them received the
distinguished citation and 4 of
the 80 posts are located in the
18th. district, of which P. C.
Wright is district commander.
The other three posts were North
Wilkesboro, Statesville and Tay-
louisville. In the district there
are only 6 posts.
Statesville, North Wilkesboro
and Sparta posts won the nation
al membership citation recently
by exceeding their 1888 enroll
ment for 1889 by November 80,
Mr.. Wright announces.
"Our local post and the 18th.
district are again going over the
top and I'm certainly proud of
them," Mr.. Wright stated.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-29
Snow, High Wind And Cold
Weather Featured This Wk.
FOur-Inch Snow Blanketed
Mountains Monday. Mer-
curry Drops To Ii.

Like millions of others, King
Winter observed Christmas in a
quiet, mild manner, but got an
early start about his business in
Ashe.. as well as throughout the
nation on Monday.
Throughout the county there
was from four to six inches Of
SNOW which began falling on
Monday morning. Other sections
of the Blue Ridge also had a
blanket of snow.
Late Monday afternoon the
snow changed to a drilling rain
which partially melted the snow,
and early Tuesday morning, King
Winter pulled his cheeks and
blew an icy blast through this
section which continued all day
and into the night lowering the
temperature to IS degrees here,
according to the report Of Joe
Worth. Other sections of the
state reported a drop in the mer-
curry to 9 nine degrees while low
level of 81 degrees below zero
was recorded in Warroad, Mimi,
on the Canadian border.
There were few pedestrians on
the streets here Tuesday and a
number of grown-ups as we'll as
children were wearing toboggans
as protection against the wind.
Those who received sleighs for
Christmas had an opportunity to
use them, for the snow which
became coated in ice before Mon
day night was the deepest which
had fallen here this season.
The temperature remained
slightly below freezing all day
Wednesday with little of the re-
naming snow and ice melting.
The wintry belt extended from
Canada almost to Texas coast and
was predicted to reach northern
Florida today.
Continued on Page Eight
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-29
$500 Worth OF
Alleged Forged
Checks Cashed
Several Checks Bearing L. S.
Vannoy's And E. E. Jones
Signature Passed.


A number of alleged forged
checks, amounting to over 5000
drawn on the First National Bank
here and bearing the names OF
L. S. Vannoy and e. E. Jones, two
widely known West Jefferson
merchants, were issued this
month and cashed here, in Boone
and in North Wilkesboro, it was
learned during the past week.
Monzell Mcclure, young West
Jefferson man, was arrested in
Erwin, Tenn, last Thursday night
and Ashe county officers brought
him back here Friday and placed
him in the county Jail.
Two warrants, charging Nc
CURE with cashing forged checks,
were issued by Mr.. Jones and
Mr.. Vannoy. A hearing has been
set for next Monday afternoon at
2 o'clock before Squire A. F.
Rose. Others are believed to be
involved, but no warrants have
been issued.
The largest one of the alleged
forged checks was for $1,000. It
was dated Dec. Z, 1888, and had
the name of L. S. Vannoy, with
the initials of "WGV", under
meath the name, signed to the
check. It had the endorsement
name of Monzell Mcclure and
was cashed here at the First Ma
tional Bank, officers reported. Mr..
Vannoy stated that four other
checks bearing his alleged sigma
ture, had been cashed and sent to
the bank here, the amounts be-
ing for $7.25, $3.50, $3.50 and
$500.
Mr.. Jones stated that a total of
7 alleged forged checks bearing
his signature and ranging in
amounts from $500 to $4,000, had
been cashed by various mer-
chants and others.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-29
NO. 1 GLAMOUR
CIR. MAKES DEBUT

New York, Dee. 21.-Dark-
ersz Brenda Diana Daft Fra
xier, widely puhlicized as Am
erica'c No. l debutante ''gla-
mour girl" Of 1888, made her
formal bow to society tonight
in a neo-Byzantine setting Of
geld and moonlight at the
Ritz Carlton hotel.
Before an asSemblage of l.
zee guests, with two Orchestras
playing continuously from
1899 p. m. 10 dawn, the slen-
der, 17-year-old Brenda was
the central figure against a
background of mirrors, white
ostrich feather Chris t m S
trees, and exotic red and white
flowers washed by rowing spot
lights.
Unofficial estimates of the
cost of the coming out" party,
the major year-end event of
the season, ranged as high as
$4,000.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-29
Sunday Is Ashe
Hospital R ally
Day InChurches
All Ministers And Sunday
School Teachers In County
Urged To Cooperate.
FINE OPPORTUNITY

The public relations committee
of the proposed Ashe County
Hospital Association has desig-
mated this Sunday, January 1st.,
as "ASHE COUNTY HOSPITAL
RALLY DAY" in the churches of
the county and is requesting
every minister and every Sunday
School teacher to cooperate by
stressing the need for a hospital
and urging every one to give the
movement his or her wholeheart-
ed support by joining the Asso-
citation.
The citizens of the county now
have a wonderful opportunity to
get a modern hospital building at
the lowest possible cost, through
the anticipated assistance of the
WPA.
It is estimated that there are
a number of Ashe people in diff
ferent hospitals every day and
that the savings in trips to and
from these neighboring institu-
tons by the citizens over a period
of just few years will more than
pay for the cost of the sponsors
part of a hospital in this county.
School teachers and principals
are also requested to boost the
movement.
"The preachers of Ashe county
certainly do a wonderful work
and if it were not for them and
for our churches, no community
would be worth living in" Ed
NJ. Anderson, chairman of the
publicity committee, states.
Caring for the sick and affiict-
ed by providing adequate hospit-
alization is. certainly service
that reveals a true Christian spir-
it. Besides teaching the right
way of life, Christ spent much of
his time while on earth, visiting
and healing the sick and diseased.
ION behalf of the public rela-
tons committee, I will appreciate
cooperation in this great Ashe
county disqualification movement,
from every preacher in the coun-
ty," Mr.. Anderson states.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-29
FSA To Assist
Farmers Cut Off
WPA Work Rolls
Farmers On Relief Who Are
Able To Get Land For Farm
ing Aided By FSA.

Farmers dropped from WPA
relief rolls will be aided by the
Rural Rehabilitation Program of
the Farm Security Administra-
ton if they have, or can get, ade-
quate land for farming and can
meet FSA requirements, Coun-
ty Supervisor, w. B. Oliver, said
today.
Farmers without adequate
land should make plans at once
for the coming crop season." Mr..
Oliver said. 'Where the land is
sufficient to allow the farmer to
benefit from the RR Loan Pro-
gram, and to let sound farm plans
be made, the Farm Security Ad-
ministration stands ready to ex-
tend help"
The RR Program is helping
more than 100000 farmers in the
United States to get back on their
feet. Present personnel of the
Farm Security Administration
cannot carry a very greatly in
creased number of farm people.
County Supervisor, Mr.. Oliver,
urged that every ordinary source
of credit and assistance be sought
by farmers for whom WPA is no
longer open. County Farm Sc
curity Administration offices will
give advice on loans or other
help to families in this group who
cannot get ahead with their farm
ing through using the regular
kinds of credit.