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Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-01-12

Editor-in-Chief ...... William R. Poole
ASST slant Editor ......... Samuel Maryn
Secretary ................ r. S. Sowe11
Business Manager 5000. Robert D. Hayes
Production Manager .... John lfcWi lioms
Feature Editor .... Arthur A. Di ckerman
Women's Editor .......... Ruth G. Hayes
illustrator ............. L. n. Pi ttman
illustrator ........... John NJ. Norvel1
Reporters
Louis j. Bess emer ........ Henry Little
Clifton J. Cockill ....... Sara Axelrod
Robert R. Porter 5000. Dorothy ". Rider
Lawrence B. Sawyer ........ W.T.McAchren
NEW OFFICES FoF COOPERATOR STAFF.
Mr.. Braden has arranged for the
Greenbelt Cooperotor Staff to have
This suite Of offices will be in the
Theatre Ruilding across the hall from
the Cons Services, Inc, and wi IL
be for the Of the staff until some
more important enterprise along
and bursts air castles.
At any rate we will hold our next
meeting Of the Journe listic Club in
these offices and open the windows for
plenty Of chest expansion. This meeting
will convene on Thursday night,
January Is, 1888, and start at 500 Pm.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-01-12
Vol. 2, No. 2

Published weekly by the Greenbelt Co.
operator Publ shing Association under
the auspices Of the Greenbelt Journal
istic Club. It's sphere ond policies are
q follows:
l. 4 nonprofit enterprise.
g. Nonpartisan in politics.
8. Neutral in religious matters.
4. An open forum for civic affairs.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-01-12

JOURNALISTIC CLUB MEETS
IN NEW COOPERATOR OFFICES
The Greenbelt Journalist Club meets
tomorrow, January IS, in the offices Of
The Cooperator over the Theatre.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
A FEAST OF VALUES

The merchants of West jefferson have al
ready gotten the Thanksgiving spirit and
on the eve of this fine and noble season
they are offering special values and are ex-
tending cordial invitation to every man,
woman and child in Ashe and surrounding
counties to come here tomorrow, Satur-
day or Monday and take advantage of this
great "feast of values.
The shelves, counters and windows of
the grocery, drug, dry goods, furniture,
hardware, variety and other stores are
loaded with values of all kinds and des-
cription. The selections are most varied
and the prices are as low if not lower than
anywhere else.
These merchants are inviting, urging
you to trade-at-home and have arranged to
take care of your every need. They are
Ashe county people who are interested
keenly in the welfare of this county. They
deserve your patronage and it will pay you
to trade with them.
Dollars spent with them remain here at
home, right here at work, employing local
people, paying O411S, CdASS dl1u u1d11y OI1lCA
things, but dollars spent out of the coun-
ty may never return.
1t is no longer necessary for Ashe coun-
ty people to buy from mail order houses
and it isn't often that you can save money
by doing so, either Our merchants have
what you want. You can see it and ex-
anime it before buying When you trade
with them you do not have to pay the cost
of money order or COD fees.
Resolve to trade at home. Read the ad-
.vertisements in this shopping edition,
which we are happy to present, and then
come to West Jefferson for this big three
day merchandising event!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
TWO FINE MOVEMENTS

Progressive and public-spirited business
and professional men in the Jeffersons
and Ashe county are whole-hearted CIV
ing their support to two movements which,
if successful will be of inestimable value
to the county, and each one of them will
be a great aid to the other ones. In other
words, they are entirely different, but are
distinct companions in their relationship to
each other and to the community.
These two movements seek to organize
an Ashe County Building and Loan Asso-
citation and to secure textile mill in West
jefferson. There is a dire need for both
of them. If we get textile plant within
the next six or twelve months, we will GER
tainly need more houses here and the east
est and best way for the average person to
build a home is through a building and
loan association. ..<..
Splendid progress towards organizing
the building and loan is now being made
and, according to all indications, suffici-
ent number of shares of stock to secure
charter will be subscribed within the near
future.
The Rotarians who had the pleasure of
hearing Watt Gragg speak last Thursday
night on this subject, are certainly sold"
on the possibilities of such an organization
in this county, They realize that building
and loan stock is safe, profitable invest
Yaent and is also great benefit to the COM
n6,,nity. It enables families of small in
come and a small amount of money to
h,,ild and own their own homes and there
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
Ambassadors Is !.
Recalled From
German Capital
Will Give Complete Report
On Nazi Covenants Treat
ment OF The Jews.

The Jews continue to suffer at
The hands Of the Nazi govern
ment this week as all Jews were
expelled from the German insti-
buttons of learning.
Financiers said that the levying
of $4O0,0OO,O0O collective ''fne"
Germany's 100000 Jews seemed
20 be an attempt to overcome q
'apidly mounting deficit incurred
by Field Marshal Hermann Will
nem Goering's four-year plan OF
economic self-suficiency.
Since last Thursdays rioting
and destruction the Jews are es-
rimated to have lost nearly one
fourth of their $3,2OO,OOO,00O in
addition to the fines and penal
ties imposed on them. And it is
indicated that more penalties will
be placed upon them in the near
future.
In addition to being expelled
from schools, the Jews have been
deprived of the privilege of en-
tering theatres, motion picture
places, dance recitals, museums,
and lectures.
The announcement Of the State
Department of the U. S.. of, the
recall of Ambassador Hugh R.
Wilson from Berlin for an indie
finite period for consultation on
Germany's anti-Semitic cam
paign and a complete re-exami-
nation of German-American re-
lations has caused much specula-
ton on the part the U. S. will
take in the matter.
While this action serves to in
dictate the displeasure of the u.
S. against Germany's action, Sc
cretary Cordell Hull indicated
that this government could not
actively protest unless the lives
and property of United States
nationals were threatened.
Prime Minister Nevelle Cham
berlain told the House of Com
mons this week that the Britons
had deep sympathy for the
Jews in Germany.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
Barker Denies
Complaint Made
Z About Warrant
States He Did Not Try To Get
Marvin Sells To Withdraw
Lambert Warrant.

Arthur Barker, local jailor and
officer, this week ennphatically
denied the complaint made
against him last week by Robert
Sells that he went to see Sells
son, Marvin, and requested that
he withdraw a whiskey warrant
issued against General Lambert.
Il didn't even see Marvin Sells
and didn't think of going to him
and asking that he withdraw the
warrant" Officer Barker stated.
'Patrolman Thomas gave me
the warrant on Friday night and
I was looking for Lambert toI
serve it. The next thing I knew
Marvin Sells and Lambert had
gone up to Squire Roses court
and settled the matter" he said.
mo, I don't do things like that.
I always serve all warrants that
are given to me, if I can find the
party or parties"
Squire Rose said that when
Marvin Sells came to take the
warrant up, he stated that he had
not bought any whiskey from
Lambert, but that another boy
had and that he bought some
mixed alcohol from Lambert
himself. Squire then sent to
Barker for the warrant after the
cost had been paid, it was stated.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
Federal Court
In WilkesbOrO
Starts Monday
Heavy Docket Faces Two
Weeks Term. Several Jur- =
Ors From AShe County.

The Middle district of federal
court for the circuit composed of
Wilkes, Allegheny, Ashe and Wa
tauga counties will convene in
Wilkesbdro next Monday, Nov.
81, with Judge J. j. Hayes, pre-
siding.
One of the largest dockets in
the courts history awaits the
opening of court. Many conspi-
racy cases which came about
as the result of undercover work
in Wilkes county a few months
ago accounts for many of the
cases on the docket.
Jurors summoned for the two
weeks term from Ashe are: H.
V. Boyd, Ashland, Bill MILAN,
Crumpler; T. B. Jones, West JET
ferson, James F. Yates, Clifton;
J. A. Goss, ,Tuckerdale; Grin Ash
ley, Warrensville; Todd Houck,
West Jefferson, l.. B. Blevins,
West jefferson; Eugene Scott,
Jefferson; D. R. Jones, Toliver,
Jack c. Little; Fig, Will Baldin,
Baldwin; Bryan Kirby, Sturgills,
John Maine, Scottsville; Jack
Boyden, Creston
A number of cases from Ashe
are also on the docket.
members and emphasizes of the
value of this week.
Reading is the most universal
recreation. A recreation suited to
all ages, races, and types of peo-
pie. Let's take advantage of the
opportunity offered us by our
county, school or some home Ii
brary and select a book to read
during this week when National
Book Week is being observed
through out the United States.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
OLD AGE PENSIONS

In the face of the increasing pressure
from many sources for "liberalizing" the
system of old age pensions for everybody,
and the very considerable number of mem
bers of the New Congress who are COM
nlitted to one or another of the various
pension plans advocated in different parts
of the country, it is more than probable
serious efforts will be made when Congress
meets to amend the Social Security Acts in
various ways.
Plans which are said to have support by
the Administration in Washington include
the ra Using the maximum Federal grant
to states for Old Age Assistance admins
tered by the states, from SIS month to
$40; beginning monthly payments under
the Old Age Insurance provisions of the
law in 1910 instead of in 1912 and to change
the rate from the present minimum of $40
a month and maximum of $85 month, to
$50 and $50; to provide monthly benefits
to widows and young children of bene-
fciaries dying before the age Of 65, and i'm
mediately to extend the provisions of the
law to cover farm workers, domestic serv-
ants, self-employed persons and other
groups not now covered by the Act.
There are many questions which need to
be answered before anybody can say pos
itively that any one of those proposals
would be desirable. There still remains
unanswerable the question as to how far
the Government of the United States ought
to commit itself to making liberal provi-
sions for everybody above certain age.
There is great difference of opinion
about the financial soundness of the insur-
ance phases of Social Security as now set
up. And great confusion and many dispar-
tiles have arisen from the workings of the
scheme of cooperation between the FEEDER
al government and tn states in the matter
of pensions for the INDECENT aged.
We look for some exciting discussions
and the spilling of lot of loose language
when the new Congress gets down to the
consideration of old age pensions.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
THE PROPOSED CONTEST

The election is over The Democrats
won in this county by substantial MAORI
ties, but the Republicans are not satisfied
with the results or with the way certain
parts of the election was handled by the
election board, and particularly as applied
to absentee ballots.
In long petition, a resume of which is
published the news columns of this issue,
a lengthy list of specific complaint are
made and demand set forth for an inves-
tigation and recount.
Practically all of the charges made are
serious ones and the gravest of all of them
center around the absentee ballots, seven
teen hundred and twenty-five of which
were cast in the election.
We do not profess to know how many or
to what extent the general charges are
true, if any, but we do know that the alb
sentee ballot law in North Carolina has
been so badly abused in different sections
of the state that drastic amendments or
complete adjustment should be made at
the next session of the legislature.
We are one hundred percent for honest
and fair elections, if such thing is really
possible. That is the only way to have
good, honest and efficient government AS
a general rule both sides are more or less
guilty of illegal practices, and if such ex-
lists in Ashe county, on one or both Sides.
we should like to see a real housekeeping
and let the chips fall on the guilty parties.
We are sure that leading Democrats and
Republicans share alike in that feeling
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17

by make them better, happier citizens.
An industrial plant would provide em-
ployment for our people, give us another
good payroll, increase our county's wealth
An advertising program for textile plant
has already been launched and we hope
that this will be followed up until we get
at least one mill This would also be an
ideal location for furniture factory.
Let's stay behind both of these move
ments and put them over.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17

The Raleigh News and Observer quotes
figures from John A. Arey, extension
dairyman at State college, to the effect
that North Carolina Cows give enough
milk in year to fill canal 10 feet wide
and five feet deep as long as from Greens
boro to Raleigh. And authorities on diet
and the public health know that this i'm
aginary container is not nearly as large
as it ought to be.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
TWO SERVICES SUNDAY

There will be two services of
worship in the jefferson Presby-
terian church on Sunday-at
11:OO A. M. and 700 P. M. At the
evening hour Mr.. J. 0. Blevins,
popular business man Of Lansing,
will speak. The public is cordial
ly invited to attend these meet
ings.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17

Ethiopia, for example, fell in
to- the hands of an Italian ruffian
back in 1895 and was thrown in
to the dust of the Jericho road.
No friend came along to help.
That primitive country in the
heart of Africa looked to. the
League of Nations and to France
and to England. But the Priest
and the Levite refused to. stop
and there was no Good Samari.
tan. Today ETHIOPIA is dead, be-
cause help did not come. Only
treachery and. deceit came, from
the friends to whom heslooked.
- Continued Next Week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
Several Ashe County Citizens
Heard Radio Sermon And
Requested Reprint.
(By Rev. r. G. Kennedy,
Camden, Ala.)

Text-Lk. 1O:30-"And Jesus
answering said, certain man
went down from Jerusalem to
Jericho, and fell among thieves,
which stripped him of his raj
ment, and wounded him, and de-
parted, leaving him half dead"
The other day citizen of our
community told me a good hum
orous. story about another citi-
zen of Camden. To convey its
point I would have to use names,
so I can't tell it this morning.
But it was so typical and so re-
vealing with reference to the
man involved that I was i'm
pressed.
Well, perhaps it is not good to
make comparisons among the
parallels of Jesus, but am in
clined to believe that none other
is more typical, nor more reveal
ing than the parable of the Good
Samaritan. 1t is perhaps the fin
est illustration that any sermon
had ever had. Bruce Barton says
of it that it is the greatest ad-
vertisement of all times. Perhaps
it is. Anyone who has ever heard
it and ever family recalled it has
some idea of the ethical teaching
of Jesus.
Jesus spoke it in answer to
the questions of certain lawyer
who was trying to entrap him.
The lawyer asked Him what he
should do to inherit eternal life.
Jesus referred him to the law,
ask what he read there. The
lawyer replied, "Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and
with all thy strength, and with
all thy mind; and thy neighbor
as thyself.
Jesus approved his answer, but
the lawyer proceeded to ask an
other question-"And who is my
neighbour" he said.
The Jews regarded other Jews
as neighbors, but did not extend
their feelings in the matter any
further. The lawyer probably
thought that Jesus had a larger
and wider idea and hoped to get
Him into trouble by drawing
from Him an expression of it.
"Who is my neighbour" he
asked, and to the question Jesus
returned an answer with the par
able O Jesus Good Samaritan. A
man went down from Jerusalem
to Jericho, he said. I have never
been along that road OF course,
but I have read that it is a wild
and rocky descent from the hills
of Jerusalem which rise $500 tt.
above sea level to Jericho, 800 IT.
below sea level, and only about
IS miles away I judge from the
hills. of Jerusalem which rise
$500 #. above sea level to Jeri-
cho, 800 #. below sea level, and
only about Is miles away judge
from the map. It was a road in
tested with thieves and some
where along its course the man
was fallen upon by robbers who
took everything he had, even his
clothes, and left him wounded
and half dead. There he lay in
his own blood in the dust of the
road. 8
A priest came by, man who
by virtue of his religious profess
sion might have been expected
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
CHARGES ARE WITHDRAWN

Charges, most of which were
for public drunkenness, were
withdrawn against 6 men whom
Chief Mcmillan had arrested
here on Saturday night, Novem-
Der S, by consent Of the aldermen
and mayor in order that hey
might vote, it was learned this
week. Those arrested included
Charlie Howell, a Lewis man, of
Baldwin, Ed Taylor and DR. Tug
man.
Last Monday all cases were
in mayors court.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
Kennedy Delivers A Timely Il
Sermon, ''The Jericho Road"

to stop and give him aid. But the
priest, was a Journalist with a
cold heart in him. He drew his
robes about him and passed by on
the other side, looking with dis
dain upon the bleeding man. A
Levite came along, and he too
passed by in the same manner.
Then there came Samaritan and
Jews no love was lost. The Jews
regarded the Samaritans as rene
gades. The Samaritans returned
the bad feeling. One might have
expected the Samaritan to have
passed by and the Priest and Le-
vite to have stopped. But it was
the Samaritan who stopped. He
went to the man in the road,
bound up his wounds, put him
upon his beast and took him to
an inn where he left him until
he should recover. He also paid
the bill and made arrangement
for any additional expenses that
might be incurred.
And Jesus concluded the par
able by asking which of the 3
was neighbor to him who fell
among thieves.
1t was a complete and dew
astating answer to the lawyers
tricky question, Who is my neigh
Dor?
There are number of aspects
of this story, and you can ap-
ply it in more ways than one.
There are the robbers, the man
they attacked, the Priest, the Lee
vite, the Good Samaritan, the law
yer who asked Jesus the question
that drew out the story, and per-
haps one might indulge a bit of
speculation about the inn-keeper.
The major teaching of the par
able is clear, of course, but more
than one sermon could be preach
ed upon it. For my sermon this
morning I merely want to draw
one metaphor from the parable,
though of course with the major
idea of the story in the back
ground. I wanted to- tell the story
to get it fresh and clear in our
minds, but the thing I want to
talk about this morning is the
Jericho Road. 1t is a sad road,
to fall among thieves or gang
sters of some type, to be left
wounded and Inundated, to have
even those of whom you might
expect aid to pass you by-this
is a fairly common human ex-
perience.
In many aspects of modern life
it seems to me that the teachings
of Jesus are being rejected. The
Rev. Clinton M. Cherry, a Meth
odist minister of Millersburg,
Pa, writing in the Christian Cen
tury of Sept. IA (1938) says. "the1
mere fundamental teaching Of
Jesus is not necessarily accept
able to every age. It can hard
ly be said, for example, that Jes-
us teaching on the fatherhood Of
God and the loving Of ones en-
emies is particularly palatable to
the 10th century with its materi-
alistic outlook on lie and its class
and racial hatred"
- ~,
There is something fundament-
al in the parable of the good
Samaritan it seems to me, which,
is being rejected by the modern
world. ~ - y .s.%..~
There Is for example Jericho
road of the nations and in recent
years it has been full of the
and the outraged.
Worse, still, there have been few
Good Samaritans to come along |
and reach out a kind hand. i
z&ss,- >
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
NYA AT NEW HIGH

Raleigh, Nov. 14.-The state
National Youth administration
reported today that it set a rec
ord for boys at work on its pro-
iects last week with 5,719 on the
rolls, compared to previous high
of $500. John Lang, director,
said IA boys left the rolls last
week to take private jobs.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
ELLIOTT is IMPROVING

The condition of Aron Elliott,
of Horse Greek, whose skull was
fractured on election day when
he was hit by a rock, thrown by
Paul Bennett, is improving it was
learned yesterday. Bennett is
now out Of Jail under a $1,000
bond.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17

NOTICE-This is to notify the
Public that will not be Respons-
IDLE for any Debts made by INV
wife Gertrude Campbell. This
l6 day of Nov, 1898. Clyde
Campbell. 11-12-4t
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-20
MAJOR WRIGHT ON VACA-
TON, STILL OPTIMIS-
TIC ON RACE PROGRESS

Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Aug. 10,
(C)-Major r. r. Wright, ST., So
y%ear-old president of the Citizens
q Southern Bank of Philadelphia,
stopping two days here en- his va
cation Motor trip to Ann Harbor,
Me, said he was never more epti-
mistic about race progress than
he is now. Although the country
IS in the midst Of trying times, the
Major said h. is confident the Ne
gro will find a way out.
The Citizens & Southern Bank,
which Major Wright founded in
September, 1920, after he had
spent NOR than thirty years as a
school master and was considered
an old man and ready to quit ac-
tive life, has recorded 1880 in
resources, and is a member of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-20

Der baron. Recently a mass meet
ing was held in a local church to
protest the Staying and was at
tended by more than 100 persons.
Tho amount sought in the suit is
$4,000.
Claude Wilkinson has also
charges against another officer
fer manhandling his son, one of
the pickets in the Dayton Youth
Movement. A third suit pending is
that " Charles Evans, arrested
on suspicion because he handed a
clerk a 800 bill while making a
purchase in a downtown store. At
ter remaining in Jail over night,
he was released. Evans is suing
for false arrest and humiliation.
Charging violation of the state
civil rights law, Clarence Smith,
prominent young business man, had
. warrant issued for the arrest
of the white proprietor of a sand
wich shop, when he was refused
service.
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-20

o. the association, w. M. P. Davis,
Washington, ID. c., presided and
received reports from various off
Gals.
The amount Of money raised was
announced at $1,000.63. Officers
elected at the closing session were
VIM. II. Davis, Washington prsi-
dent; Henry Sorrell, Maryland, 1st
vice president: Virgil B~oulware,
Missouri, End vice president; Mrs.
A. Lee, California, Bird vice presi-
ient: j. l.. Lennox, Ohio 18th vice
9residt mt; Mrs. Jessie Burnett,
Washington, ID. c., recording Sc
cretary; Nellie Lackett, Psnnsyl-
wanna, financial secretary and A.
Cox, New J~rsey, treasurer, Board
( directors: John Madden, New
Jersey, L. M. West, Missouri Lau-
ra Jackson, Virginia and A. w.
Briggs, Texas.