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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-07
Grassy Greek News

Mr.. M. w. Reynolds attended the
annual Agricultural Instructors Con-
ference at Blacksburg the past week.
Weekend guests of Miss Airline
Coward were: Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Campbell, of Brevard; Miss Ruth
Runyon, Asheville; Miss Katherine
Shore, Boonville, and Miss Opal
Youngblood, Fletcher, N. c.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G.. Doggett and
children, of Greensboro, were recent
visitors in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Blevins.
Mr.. r. G. Pierce attended the ban
quet given for the Virginia Depart
ment of Highway officers at Blue
mont Hotel, Galax, Saturday night
Messrs. Ray and Wayne Black
burn arrived Friday for a visit with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Blackburn.
Mrs. Alex Hash, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Phipps were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Pierce.
A large crowd from here spent
the weekend camping on Whitetop
mountain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Blevins Of
Roanoke, Va, arrived Friday night
FOR few days visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. Mark Blevins.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-07

Williams, head Of the agronomy de-
partment at State College.
The pale green and yellow crops,
especially in Eastern North Caro-
lima, are suffering from a lack of
nitrogen, he explained. The soluble
sources of this element are easily
leached out of the soil in rainy
weather.
Experiments, however, have
shown that where the inorganic nj
trogen, which is necessary, is sup
plemented with organic sources
such as cottonseed meal, soybean
meal, fish meal, dried blood, or
tankage, crops are better protected
against nitrogen deficiency in wet
weather. Nitrogen from organic
sources does not dissolve as rapid
ly and will stay in the soil for a
longer time than that from inor-
ganic sources such as nitrate of So
da and su1phate of ammonia.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-07
5-Minute Biographies
Anthor Of ssIIosv to Win Friends
and Influence People. |"

prison school gives them free course
in short story writing. Naturally,
very few of them succeed, but new
ertheless, it is fact that many we'll
known men have written in jail.
When Richard Lovelace was
thrown into an English prison, two
hundred and fifty years ago, he glor-
flied his dungeon by writing one OF
the well known poems OF the En-
glish language. It is love poem
that he wrote to his sweetheart. 1t
is entitled: ITO Althea from Prison"
Stone walls do not prison make,
Nor iron bars cage,
The spotless mind, and innocent,
Calls that hermitage,
If I have freedom in my love,
And in my soul am free,
Angels alone that are above,
Enjoy such liberty.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-07
Wild Ponies And
Cattle Are Killed

Manteo, June 13.-Those herds OF
wild ponies that have roamed the
outer island of the North Carolina
coast for three centuries, soon will
be no more.
And with them will 60 the few
stragglers of the once large herds
of wild cattle and wild pigs, and
the Banks, as the islands are
called, will be stripped of all wild
life save gulls and, in season, duck
and geese.
! The killing of the wild cattle and
ponies was begun several years ago
under special legislation, and today
; expert marksmen left for the Banks
with high-power rifles and dunn
dunn bullets to exterminate the
beasts.
Along the entire reach of the out
er banks, most of which is included
in the new National Seashore park,
/ it is estimated. there remain about
100 wild cows and upward of SO
wild ponies.
In Colington woods, near the
Wright memorial, there are reported
to be 16 wild bulls that have late
ly frightened many visitors and the
natives. All efforts to pen, up the
wild cattle and ponies in the past
have been futile.
Tomorrow morning Paul Green,
Pulitzer prize-winning dramatist
who is here for the beginning of re-
hearsals for his Lost Colony, out
door pageant-drama, will ride with
the huntsmen when they invade Col
ington in search of the wild bulls.
Extinction of the wild cattle and
ponies has long been advocated as
a health measure. The cattle are
virtually useless. Useful herds have
died from disease as soon as they
were introduced on the Bank.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-07
NOTICE

10 THE DEPOSITORS AND CRED
ITORS OF THE BANK OF ASHE,
JEFFERSON, N. C.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED
that on June "a, 1888, the deposit
liability of the Bank of Ashe, Jeffer-
SON, N. c., as shown by their rec
ords at the close of business on said
date, was assumed by THE NORTH
WESTERN BANK, North Wilkes
,oro, N. c., with branch Office To-
ated at Bakersville, Burnsville,
Slowing Rock. Boone and Sparta.
The transfer was effected under
IN agreement entered into prior to
aid date and by approval of the
Commissioner of Banks of North
Carolina and the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation, Washington,
}. c., and under their authority
another branch Office of THE:
NORTHWESTERN BANK has been.
established at Jefferson, N. c.
This is the 9th. day of june,
1888.
w. ]. CARBON,
Secretary.
w. H. Worth, Cashier,
The Northwestern Bank,
6-30-4t Jefferson, N. c., Office
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-07
45,OOO-TON BATTLESHIP
is APPROVED BY NATION

Washington, June Bottle United
States hands became free today for
the building of 45,0O0-ton battleships
armed with 16-inch guns.
An agreement with Great Britain
and France announced in London
permits the three governments to
build the craft, vastly more power
full than anything now affoat. The
pact arises from reports that Japan
was building huge crafts beyond the
former treaty limit of $4,000 tons.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-07
Farm Questions
And Answers

QUESTION: What is meant by
calcium phosphorus ration and what
is this ration for poultry?
ANSWER: This is the relative
proportion of calcium and phospho-
rus in this poultry diet and the
proper ration is essential for bone
development, egg shell, formation,
and other body activities. If these
minerals are not present in the
proper proportions, conditions such
as slipped tendrons may take place.
In growing chicks the percent of
calcium and phosphorus in the feed
should be 81 and 0.7 and for lay
ing stock the percentage should be
16 of calcium and 10 of phosphorus.
QUESTION:: How do / make Bor-
deaux mixture for spraying my APP
pie trees?
ANSWER: Three pounds Of blue
stone should be dissolved in a wood
en- container for about IL hours. This
solution is then added to about for
ty gallons of water and thoroughly
mixed with four pounds Of lime in
the form of a paste. Enough water
is then added to make fifty gallons
of solution This is the standard
1880 Bordeaux mixture. This So
luton is used to control coddling
moth, bitter rot, and fruit spot on
apples. For late fruit, one pound
of arsenate of lead should be added.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-07

Who do you suppose was the most
famous short story writer who ever
lived? You have read his stories.
More than six-million copies of his
books have been sold;and they have
been translated into almost every
language on earth, including the
Japanese, Esperanto, Czecho-Slo-
vakian, Danish, Norwegian, French,
German, Swedish and Russian. His
pen name was o. Henry, and he was
born about seventy years ago.
o. Henry's life is a striking illus
tration of a man who battled against
tremendous odds and succeeded, in
spite OF terrible handicaps.
First, he had the handicap of very
little education. He didn't even at
tend high school; and he never saw
the inside Of college; yet today his
stories are studied as models of
good writing in half the universities
Of the land.
Second, he was handicapped by
.le ravages of diseases. The doc
tors feared that he was going to die
Of consumption; so they took him
away from his home in North Caro-
lima, sent him down to Texas, and
he got job herding sheep on a
ranch there.
Today, automobile tourists drive
hundreds of miles out of their way
to see that ranch; and as they ap-
preach it they halt their cars and
walk reverently over the ground
where o. Henry once tended his
fiocks. -
! Third, he had the apparent mis-
fortune of being thrown into prison.
It happened in this way.
After he regained bis health, O..
Henry got job as cashier in APPS
tin, Texas. The cowboys and sheep
men in that section had the habit of
walking into the bank when the
clerks were busy and helping them
selves to. much cash as they want
ed, signing a receipt for it, and then
going on about their business.
Suddenly, one day, a state bank
examiner came to town, inspected
the banks cash-and found money
missing o. Henry, the cashier, was
arrested. He was hauled into court;
and although he probably mad never
taken a dishonest dollar himself,
nevertheless he was sent TO prison
flor five years.
N That prison sentence seemed like
Ia calamity at the time; but IN a
way, it was most fortunate; for O.
Henry began writing, in prison, The
brilliant stories that were destined
to make his name honored and loved
wherever the English language is
spoken. 1t is quite probable that
he would never have written at all
if he hadn't been sent to prison.
was talking to Warden Lawes, OF
Sing, Sing, recently and he told me
that almost every man in Sing Sing
wants to write the story Of his life.
In fact, so many of the prisoners IN
Sing Sing want to write, that the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-07

By terracing his land and begin
ming a system of crop rotation,
Landon Rosser of Mt. Vernon
Springs, route l, Chatham county,
said he changed his farm operations
from a losing to a profitable enter
prise.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-07

Prompt applications of quick-act-
ing fertilizer such as nitrate of soda,
are advocated for corn, cotton, sweet
potatoes by agronomists of the
North Carolina Experiment Sta
ton due to the constant rains which
have leached out the original plant
food material.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-07

George Latham has been declared
the champion wheat grower Of
Union county with yield of So
bushels per acre. He turned under
a heavy crop of cowpeas and used
500 pounds of 16 percent superphos-
plate per acre in preparing his land
for the wheat.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-07

Prepare for alfalfa early in the
summer and be sure that the soil
receives an adequate treatment of
ground limestone to insure success
full growth
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-07

The annual Farm and Home Week
exercises will be held at State Col
lege, August l to 5. A registration
fee Of 81 per person will be charged
this year to defray all expenses.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-07
BRIEF FARM NEWS

Between 700 and 800 delegates
from the All clubs of North Caro-
lima are expected to attend the an
nual Short course at State College,
July Is to 20.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-07
FARM
NEWS
RAINS WASH SOLUBLE q"
NITROGEN FROM SOII

Protracted rains this season have
brought farmers concrete evidence
of the risk they run when depend
ing entirely upon soluble, inorganic
sources. of nitrogen in fertilizing
crops at planting time, said c. B.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-07
Could Your Wife Write This Kind.
OF Letter If You Should Die!
Sparta, March l, 1887.

Occidental Life Insurance Company,
Raleigh, N. c.
Gentlemen
yoa for prompt attention to my claim
policy Of 100000 held by my deceased Coy
Just three days after had signed
blanks that you Mr.. j. F. Neal agent
brought me a check of 100000 draft of $4,000.
taken sick with pneumonia Feb l. 1851
and died later also want to
thank YOU for your which payment of
husbands 20 All Of this money will go long
towards helping raise and educate children we
shall forget kindness during such sad tme
want to thank Mr. Neal for his kindness in nav
Of and taking the burden ON my
mind during could not attend to business 1t was
had taken out policy only four
years W..
will always recommend your Company to friends we
assure YOU that you done for deeply appre-
cfat Is
~ truly
J.F. Neal, Agent
Occidental Life Insurance 10.
West jefferson, n. c.
Serving Allegheny, Ashe and Wilkes Counties
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-28
AMERICAN JEWS
 MAY BE PUNISHED
Because of Agitation Over Here Their Shops May
 Be Closed

Berlin, Nov. 28 = (UP0 - Amer
 ican Jews may not be allowed to re-
 open their shops in retaliation for
 anti- German agitation in the Uni
 ted States, informed quarters said
 today.
 Germany has never replied to the
 American note which requested a
 definition of the German govern
 ment'S attitude toward American Jews in business in Germany. The definition was requested largely as matter of the principle of equal treatment of all Americans, regard less of race.
 These circles believed that restric- tions against American Jews would result if any high United States official advocated a tightening of the
 boycott on German goods in Amer ica.
 Speaking of the closing session oi the Reich's peasant congress at Cos lar, Walter Darre, minister of agri- culture, reemphasized Adolf Hitler's statement that ''the thought of
 blockading Germany can be buried
 as quite ineffective weapon" Dare said that Germany had en- joyed one of the greatest grain har- vests in her history. although lS per cent less acreage was devoted tc grain this year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-28
THIEVES BUSY
 OVER WEEKEND
No Storm Big Enough to Stop Them; Enter Gar=
 ages, Stores, Taverns

Thieves were busy over the week end, the snow failing to hinder them ln their operations. Garages, stores and taverns were entered.
 Three garages at 94 Rose street were broken into. In one of the gar- ages, two wheels were removed from a car owned by George Eastwood Tools were stolen from a car in an adjoining garage, and in the next garage the handles were broken of a car parked there. Detectiye-Lieu- tenant William Foley investigated.
 The store of Manuel Alves, 336 Mill street, was entered last night the thieves stealing $40 in cash, eight cartons or cigarettes and eight drozen packages of tobacco observation-disclosures Edward Mo- Elligott investigated.
 Brady's Restaurant, 626 South Main street, was broken into last night and $10 stolen. Motor Patrol man Joseph Mccarthy discovered the burglary, and Detectiye-Lieut Matthew Balanda Is investigating.
 Patrolman John Wiston. reported that Lemieux' tavern, 21 Grand street, was broken into Saturday night. Stolen were i've cartons of cigarettes, five. boxes of cigars and a quantity of gum. Detective -EieIit. John Calvin, Lieut.. Ernest Pakul and .Patrolrnan Joseph Cayanaugh investigated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-28
PRINTERS DEVIL
 FINDS LINOTYPER

Quincy, Mass, Nov. -(UP)-- Henry McCaul, printers devil, glanced at the proof of story on the makeup table in the Quincy Patriot-Ledger's composing room today.
 The story told of a body found at the fot of 100-fot cliff in Hitchcock's quarry. McCaul read further = "black-haired, medium build, about 20,cladinblueserges build, about 20, clad in blue serge suit, gray overcoat and black shoes, tattooing on each arm
 'Why, that sounds like Bobhy!'' He exclaimed. Anybody heard from Bobby Phillips this morning?''
 It developed that Phillips, Q H. notypist, had failed to report for work.
 McCaul got permission to view the body. and identified it as that of Phillips. stl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-28
COLLECTORS OF
 GARBAGE HOPE
Twenty-Five Unpaid Work CTS Expect to Get Their
 Back Pay This Week

The 25 unpaid garbage collectors expect to get their wages this week, according to word from the office of Controller Sherwood L. Rowland to- day.
 Supervisor James F. Sheehan has assurance that the four weeks wages due the garbage collectors will be listed on the sheets submitted to- day by the controller to the board of finance at its meeting at 4:30 o'clock.
 The garbage collectors spent a 'payleSs" Thanksgiving due to al- legged displacement of the vouch- CTS submitted to James P. Purcell, holdover accountant in the control ler's office. Purcell told Supervisor Sheehan that he couldn't find the vouchers presented at the control lers' office November '. E New Set of Vouchers Then the garbage supervisor sub initted new set. of vouchers call ing for the pay due for four weeks ending tomorrow. In spite of this, the payments due the men were not list ed on the warrants payable sheets presented at the numerous November meetings of the finance board before Thanksgiving day.
 s There remain to be paid 8 num- Der of the truckers who have re- ceived sums. due them only until November 10 and Nov. 12, contrary te order of the board of finance thai the cotatractual employees of the city must be paid at least once every two weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-28
GALLON OF WATER
 VS. POLICE BADGE


 Lynn, Mass, Nov. 28 - (U.P9 - police liquor. raiders searched a kitchen barroom operated by a wo- man, man knocked at the door
 .'What do you want?" asked Ser geant Larry Nihan. "A gallon" re- piled teh man. Give me your jug Nil1an filled the jug, returned it and asked: You're not regular GUS toner, are you?" "Oh, yes. I come every Sunday"
 Well, how much did you pay last week?" Five dollars" "Okay, taste that stuff Pretty good" ''Taste it again" Say, that's water!" "Yeah, and this is badge"
 The man left with his jug of wa ter. Police left with Mrs. Rose Siegal, charged with illegal sale of liquor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-28
F orty-Eight Traffic Cases On Court Docket
Judge Edward Mascolo Presided Over Lengthy List of Violators of Traffic Four Cases Tried,
 Two Accused Being Fined 1ss

Forty-eight cases were listed on a lengthy traffic court docket today, with Judge Edward Mascolo presid- ing. Four cases were tried, with two drivers winning discharges and two being fined. Seventeen motorists paid total of $145 for nolies, while nine received < nolles without payment. Eighteen cases were continued for hearing at, later date. j
 Edward Lawson of Watertown, who was arrested Oct. 31 on charges of eyading responsibility and driv- ing without a license, was fined $25 and costs. The arrest resulted from a collision on Fox street.
 Hugo Noren, Al of Country club road, charged with operating while under the influence Of liquor, was fined $i00 and costs. The court re- mitted SIS of the fine, and Noren paid total of $37.65.
 One Is Discharged
 Michael Capelletti, 20, of 800 Chase Parkway, charged with reckless driv- ing, was discharged, Judge Mascolc ruling that the case was one for the civil courts. Cappelletti was arrest ed Nov. IA after aii accident al Highland and Washington avenues.
 Edward Ohar, 34, of Prospect charged with violating the rules oi the road, also won a discharge on the same ground. He. wa5 arrested Nov. 19 after an accident at South Main street and Washington we nue. Many Given NolIes
 The following drivers received nolles without payment: ss Theodore Meyer, g, of 8 Water town avenue, charged with violating I the rules of the road: Gertrude Lu- clan, 20. of 0S Dracut avenue. rllel Efl (Continued on Page 4l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-28
Democrat Staff Reporters With Radio Station WATR To Cover Trial

For complete of the Big Conspiracy T which here tomorrow the Waterbury WATR the morning until the verdict reported jury will
 be the Over special telephone wire in the court building to the city desk of the Democrat the pby step proceedings will flashed radio broadcas and in the daily evidence recorded the enogaphc notes of the questions and The staff directed by City
 Farrngton will include Joseph Donahue scene of riai Franklin Farnhan and Ray Fitzpatrick with sdeghts radio high lights Gunther Mates hand to record the pictorial features Station on hand the direction of Jimmie Parker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-28
Acorn, With Staff Will Be Chartered at Elton Dur-
 ing Stay in City
ATTORNEY MURRAY TO
 REACH HERE TODAY
Special Prosecutor Ready for Trial-NO Trace of
 EnOch BOrgnaes

Special Prosecutor Hugh M. Alcorn and his staff today set up permanent headquar- ters in the Hotel Elton here, for use during the duration of the Waterbury conspiracy trial which will open tomor- row in the superior court. The prosecutor and his assist ants were scheduled to arrive in Waterbury his afternoon prepared to establish resi-. tdence until the trial is completed Attorney James D. c. Murray ot New York, counsel for Mayor Hayes and head of the corps of de- fense attorneys, will arrive from New York late this afternoon. He will reside with his sisters on South street.
 AlcOrn Non -Committal
 An 11th hour interview with Spe- cial Prosecutor Alcorn today found him non-committal on various sub jects, as he has been from the start of the grand jury investigation.
 He stated that he is all prepared for the trial, as he has been for the past several weeks. When asked if any trace of Enoch E. Borgnaes, the 27th and missing defendant had been found he replied in the usual negative.
 No Comment On Jury
 No comment would he make when asked how long he thought would be required to impanel the jury. He was equally reticient of opinion on the question whether the jury would be completed from the 172 poten- tials who have been summoned.
 With regard to the length of time the trial would require, Spe- cial Prosecutor Alcorn had nothing to say of any definite nature. Pre- viously he has stated that it would require at least three months. Today he said it might be more and it might be less.
 Exhibits Stay In Hartford
 The voluminous and heavy ex- hibitS which have been impounded by the state for presentation at the trial will remain at Hartford indefi- nitely. MT. Alcorn was laconic when queried along these lines. "Wen
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-28
BY JOSEPH P. DONAHUE Democrat Staffman

Unprecedented in the an- nalS of Connecticut courts because of it's sensational magnitude the case of the state against 26 conspiracy case defendants will be brought to trial in the Su- perior court here tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
 Judge Ernest A. Inglis, a resident of Middletown, who almost 10 months ago irn- paneled the grand jury which recommended the wholesale ar rests and prosecutions, will preside.
 The accused, all of whom have pleaded not guilty, with the excep- tion of one who is expected to claim his innocence tomorrow, are charged with the crime of conspiring to de- fraud the City of Waterbury of more than a million dollars.
 Included In Accused
 Included among the alleged con- Spirators are in addition to the mayor, the former controller, an alderman and executive secretary to the mayor, . former bank official, several other city officials, attor- neys, brokers, accountants, contrac- tors and lobbyists.
 Tomorrow's court session, and those of possibly three subsequent court weeks, will be confined to the task of polling . jury of 12 to hear the trial, and decide the guilt or innocence of 25 of the accused.
 One of the defendants, Timothy Morgan, city hall superintendent, ac- cused of assisting in the burning of certain city records, has chosen to be tried by Judge Inglis.
 27 Accused, One Missing Although 27 men stand accused of complicity in the conspiracy, only 26 are expected to go on trial tomor- row. Eroch E. Borgnaes, the 27th defendant is a fugitive from justice, having fled the Jurisdiction long before the bench warrant for his arr rest was issued.
 One hundred and seventy two prospective jurors including 3l wo- men, representing 26 towns of New Haven county have been subpoenaed to court for the start of the polling tomorrow. No Waterburians will Dc eligible, and there is question 4
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