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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
$4,000 Water & Sewer Bond
Election In Sparta To Be
Held Next Tuesday, Sept. 8
Apply To Government For PWA
w "a t e r Project And WPA
For Sewerage Project.

Next Tuesday, September 3, an
election will be held in Sparta to
determine whether or not the Ale
gany county seat town will issue
$4O,OOOOO worth of municipal
bonds for the purpose Of installing
a water and sewer system.
The town council has already
passed a resolution authorizing the
issuance of the bonds and a mass
meeting was held at the court
house last week, during which time
the proposed improvement program
was discussed in detail.
A great deal of interest is being
shown in the special election and a
large number registered. The regis
tration books closed last Saturday.
An application has been made to
the Federal government for loan
and grant in the sum of $50, 100000,
under the PWA set-up, to finance
the water project. The government
proposes to grant, or give, to the
town forty-five cent on every dol
lar this project costs, and further
proposes to purchase the bonds, to
be issued at an interest rate Of four
per cent. It is estimated that the
actual cost to the town Of Sparta
would be $4,000 to $4,000, with
the balance paid by the government.
It was thought by some at the meet
ing that, if the water system was in
stalled and a minimum charge of
$3.50 per month was made for the
use of the water, enough revenue
from this source would be realized
to pay for the system, with but
little, if any, tax for that purpose.
The bonds would be paid in yearly
installments of $1,000, beginning
three years from the completion of
the project.
There was a further proposal that
a sewer system be installed, at an
estimated cost of $4,000, 70 per cent
of which would be labor furnished
by the Federal government under
the WPA, leaving balance of from
$4,000 to $4,000 for material, to be
furnished by the town. It is propo-
sed that this sum be raised by the
issuance of bonds under the resolu-
ton, with the sanction of a majo-
rity of the voters who vote in the
election. The government further
proposes to give toward purchasing
the material five dollars per man
month usedy ii the construction Of
this system.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
sc,,noa9 $lef'ool Nesxn..
~ by Rev Charles E. D,san.

No wonder that the people, with
almost cruel candor, cried out, "You
are old, and your sons are not fol-
lowing your footsteps. Now ap-
point king for u.s."
But there is no doubt of Samueps
integrity. An incorruptible judg-
he was able, with a good conscience,
to say in his old age, "Whom have
I maltreated, whom have defraud-
ed. from whom have T accepted
a bribe?" And the people answered
that he was innocent of any such
misconduct. Would that more of
officials in high position could show
as clean a slate!
One more point of lesser import
ance may be mentioned. Samuel is
the only ghost in our Old Tesla
ment. The story of his appearance
from the grave at night at Endor,
in the presence of the witch and
the disguished king, is a noteworthy
bit of vivid narrative. The shrek
of the sorceress, Samuel's bitter
words of doom, and the fainting of
Saul remind us strongly of the
creepy atmosphere of Shakespeare
Macbeth.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
Young Roosevelt
Begins Clerkship
AT $l8 Per Week

Boston, Aug. 28.-John A. Roose-
welt, the Presidents youngest son,
will begin his business career to-
morrow as a stock clerk in de-
partment store. His salary-$18 a
week.
His care-free college days at Har-
ward and honeymoon in Bermuda
with his bride of two months just
memories, lanky, smiling John will
punch a time clock no later than
1920 a. m. after he enters the store
through the employees entrance.
Through the day, he will push
trucks of merchandise about the
store to replenish stocks. And when
tired sales girls close their sales
books, powder their noses and dash
for the subway, the Presidents son
will have a half-hour longer to 60.
Shelves must be ready for the next
days trade.
There will be an hour off at lunch
time but that won't be long enough
for him to travel to neighboring
Brookline where he and his wife,
the former Anne Lindsay Clarke,
have rented an apartment in build
ing where rents average 500 a
month.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE

North Carolina
Ashe County
BY virtue of power of sale con-
tanned in a certain deed of trust
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
LANSING NEWS

Rev. T. A. Farmer is now build
ing a new home here. Several in
the community are assisting him
with its construction.
A number of local people attend
ed the footwashing at Low Gap last
Sunday.
Mr.. J. L. Gfl7ty, who recently
underwent an operation, is improv-
ing slowly.
The Lansing Roller Mill, which is
better known as the Clark mill, is
now operating regularly. 1t is owned
by w. M. Miller and Reggie Miller
is manager.
The Lansing high school had an
suspicious opening Monday morn
ing. The enrollmen tbs reported as
being the largest in the history of
the school.
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executed on the 10th day of March,
1885, by Carl E. Miller and wife,
Hala Miller, to T. c. Bowie, Trustee
for Mary M. Painter which deed
OF trust is duly recorded in the of
flee of the Register of Deeds Of
Ashe County in Book "a, page 49,
default having been made in the
payment of the interest due on said
deed of trust, and at the instance
and request of the cestui que trust,
/, T. c. Bowie, Trustee, will sell to
the highest bidder for cash at the
courthouse door in Jefferson, on
Saturday, October l, 1888, at one
o'clock P. NJ, the following desert
bed property, lying and being in
Ashe County, North Carolina, and
described as follows:
FIRST TRACT: Beginning on a
chestnut, the old corner, running
north 3 east SO poles to a stake, cor
ner Of Edward Miller lot; then with
Edwin Miller's line south IS east
81 poles to a stake in said line; then
south 214 west 81 poles to
stake in P. G. McNiell's line and
the Miller line; then north 81 west
81 poles to the beginning, contain
ing, 2112 acres, more or less.
Excepting 8 acres sold to Emmett
Pennington.
This the 31st day of August, 1888.
T. c. Bowie, Trustee.
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Library Notes
BY MRS. CHESSIE NEAL,
Librarian of Ashe Public Library

Messrs. Ed Anderson, P. G..
Wright and Ed Barr wanted to read
read "a Southerner Discovers the
South" by Jonathan Daniels. So
they gave the necessary amount of
money for it to the library. Along
with this was ordered four other
novels which have been best sellers
for year: "Sharkenbroke,' story
of English life by Charles Morgan;
Weeping Is For Women" by DON
aid Barr Chelsey, a novel that por-
trays American family life Of these
times and characters that are very
human; unequal to Sing" by
Charles Martin, a story of life
among the Louisiana Cagins; 1.-THE
Dance Goes On" by Louis Golding,
a story of Russian life and Russian
Ballet dancer.
Jonathan Daniels, son of Josephus
Daniels, has written a best seller
in "A Southerner Discovers the
South" It is neither a hymn of
praise of the south nor an apology,
but a witty, sane and penetrating
evaluation of the past and present
of the south and an effort at finding
the direction of it's future.
There has been received from the
state library some 1898 fiction and
non-fiction am ong which are
Wings" by Capt. Burr Leyson and
"The Handsome Road" by Given
Bristow.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01

Samuel: Spiritual Revival.
Lesson for September 4th: l Sam
uel 1913.
Golden Text: Samuel 7:3.
It would be difficult to overesti-
mate the Importance of the work
of Samuel. Certainly he was one of
the makers of Israel. Arriving on
the scene at a critical time, when
the nation was threatened from
without by the vigorous oppression
of the Philistines, and from with
in by tribal jealousies, Samuel real
lied the imperative need of unity
under strong leadership. It was his
privileges to weld together the dis
mayed patriots of Israel into a unit
ed nation under Saul, the first of
their kings, whom he himself Sc
lected.
It cannot be said, however, that
Samuel is particularly attractive. He
seems like stern Puritan whose
judgments commanded respect but
who lacked personal charm. There
is a strain of severity in him not
congenial to our American tempera-
ment. Furthermore it is significant
that Samuel, no more than Eli, did
not succeed as a father. His sons,
like those of Eli, were guilty of
scandalous behavior. Taking brides
freely their corrupt conduct drag
ged Samueps name into disrepute.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
WOODRUFF, THOMPSON
AND MYERS FAMILIES
TO HOLD REUNION

The annual reunion of the Wood
ruff, Thompson and Myers families
will be held at the Masonic picnic
grounds at Mocksville, N. c., the
second Sunday in September (Sept.
11th). The principal speakers will
be DIR. Caldwell Woodruff, a noted
retired physician of Baltimore,
Maryland, and DR.. John Quincy My
ers, of Charlotte. The Thompson
family will also be represented by
an outstanding member of their
clan.
DR.. Woodruff and DR.. Myers know
the genealogy of their families since
the first members arrived from Eng
land and settled in this country.
Every member of the respective
families should hear these men. All
connections of these families, their
friends and the public are cordially
invited to attend and bring a we'll
filed dinner basket.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
Doughton Addressed
Watauga Democrats

Congressman r. L. Doughton was
the chief speaker at the annual
meeting of the Watauga county
Young Democratic clubs which was
held in Boone Monday night. w. B.
Austin, Democratic nominee for the
state senate, also made a short talk.
Archie Qualls was elected presi-
dent of the Watauga organization
and Jauncey Moody was chosen as
secretary and treasurer. A large
crowd was present and the group
endorsed Gordon Gray, publisher
of the Winston Salem Journal and
Sentinel, as the new president of
the state young Democratic clubs.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
NEGRO MEETING ON
NEGRO MOUNTAIN SUN.

The Negroes of Ashe county will
hold an all-day meeting on Negro
mountain this Sunday, starting at
1890 o'clock.
In last weeks issue of The Post
it was Inadvertently stated that the
meeting would be held last Sun
day.
A large crowd is expected and a
number of preachers will take part
on the program. Special music has
been arranged.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01

Mr.. Ransom Jarvis, age SO, of Cy-
Gle, and an uncle of Mr.. Clint Jar
Wis, manager of Smithey's store
here, was laid to rest last Sunday
afternoon. Funeral service was
conducted at the Shady Grove Bap-
fist church.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01

Eight hundred and seventy-six de-
linquents were confined in North
Carolina state institutions in July,
1898.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01

The North Carolina Confederate
Soldiers home in Raleigh was closed
in July, 1888, following placement
of its one remaining inmate in a
private home.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01

There were AZ inmates of the N.
C. Confederate Woman,s home in
July, 1888.
The Washington times., 1938-12-30
Beaten by Distrust

The thing which defeated it was
congressional diStr1St Of Harry
Hopkins and the extravagant
thinking Of welfare workers and
social planners associated with
him. Thereafter, of course, the
whole reorganization program was
blown from its foundations by a
hurricane Of public opinion set
in motion by fear of an American
dictatorship.
There is every indication, as
Congress prepares for the January
session, that a reorganization bill
can and will be passed on Con-
greSs' own terms, under which the
legislative branch of the Govern
ment, and not the President. will
have the final say as to its char
acter and extent. The fate of
the proposed Department Of Wei
fare is wrapped UP in the larger
The Washington times., 1938-12-30

Presumably the Social Security
Board, charged with the newest
responsibilities Of the National
Government in this field, would
fit into the same scheme. The
CCC would likewise find a place
in it.
Rural rehabilitation, as ex-
pressed in the rehouSing Of share
croppers and extension of social
services to the marginal farm
population, could as plausibly be
thrown into the same pot. Public
housing. as represented by the
program now being carried for
ward by the United States Hous-
ing Authority, would belong logi-
cally in the welfare group.
President Roosevelt has this
plan definitely in mind. His re-
organization bill as defeated after
a bitter battle in Congress origi-
nally contemplated creation of a
Department Of Welfare. The plan
itself was not Objectionable to
Congress,
The Washington times., 1938-12-30
"A DAISY
on D. G.. Relief
Ready for Release

The first installment of a volu-
minous report covering all phases
of the public relief system in the
District will be released Sunday, it
was revealed today by Representa-
tive Ross Collins CD Of MissiS.
Sippi, chairman Of the House Dis
trict Appropriations subcommittee.
The report, which covers several
thousand pages, will be released in
several installments, Mr.. Collins
said, and while he declined to dis
cuss particulars he termed the
work "a daisy"
Burdette Lewis, District social
worker. directed the survey. which
takes up the problems Of old age
pensions, relief. transients and
others,
The Washington times., 1938-12-30
States to Share

Beyond the concentration of
welfare activities under a single
Federal administrative jurisdic-
ton, the welfare viewpoint. as
given voice in the utterances of
national leaders, calls for enlarge.
ment also Of State functions in
this field. Creation of correspond.
ing State departments of welfare
would be the first step. Closer
coordination between National and
State governments in administra-
ton of a standardized system on
a cooperative basis is seen as an
important desideratum.
In all recent expressions by pub
lie welfare officials from Hopkins
down, emphasis has been placed
on the necessity Of eliminating pol.
The Washington times., 1938-12-30
Civil Service Asked

There was a definite demand in
the round table conference Of the
American Public Welfare Associa-
ton here this month that Federal
and State welfare agencies alike
be brought under classified civil
service.
Chairman Arthur J. Altmyer
and his associates of the Social
Security Board believe the present
security system should be enlarged
to include pensions for widows and
orphans as well as the aged; fu-
neral payments to the families Of
workers who die before they reach
the age at which they would begin
to receive security payments; and
that payments should begin in
1910 instead of 1912 as now
planned.
The board also has before it q
plan by which seamen, domestic
The Washington times., 1938-12-30
Turning Back the Pages


Turning Back the Pages
TNHE Diamond Horseshoe" is now Broadway
fixture and pleasant diversion in the nostalgia
fashion does it offer Mr.. Billy Rose, who doesn't
object to being labeled the Napoleon Of the show
world if you will only please not breathe mention
of Waterloo, has turned back the pages Of the
calendar and now invites you to revel in New
Year Eve frolic with Diamond Jim Brady, who
looks suspiciously like fattened Tom Patricola
(of course, you've guessed tit IS Patricola) and
doesn't mind if you shed a tear or two as one old
time favorite after another appears on the stage
over the bar-the veteran Joe Howard singing
the song he wrote so many years ago, 81 Wonder
Who's Kissing Her Now: FRITZ Scheff intoning
in high canary notes. kiss Me Again; Henry
Armstrong imploring chorus assistance in his
"Sweet Adeline." The tears are for the wistful
memories Mr.. Rose hopes you will recall Of glori'
Gus old Delmonico days and Ziegfeld Follies
glories and Steve Brodie roughhouse excitement,
and perhaps he is not wrong, as the pioneer in
this form of entertainment, Mr.. William Hardey,
has discovered-with lucrative reward. We all
like to dwell in the past and reflect on the color
full days that were. Some Harcey or Rose, 80
or 40 years hence, will revive the g1orles of 1888;
and some of us, no doubt. if we are still part Of
Lne MauLaGGan Sceue' WILL weep d UAI GAeu oS VIC
relive Ell Morocco, Stork Club, and Jack and
Charlie days, "Hellza-poppin'" and Abraham
Lincoln" Paradise and Hollywood, Jack Whites
tomfoolery, and Eddie Davis Rolling Down the
Mountain"
MO DOUBT there will be thunderous applause,
AN to say nothing of digging around for hand
kerchiefS and bit of refined snivelng as the
curtains part to reveal such colorful characters
of the glamorous World Fair days as Tommy
Manville and Brenda Frazier Elsa Maxwell and
Paul Whiteman and Rudy Vallee.
The Washington times., 1938-12-30

go into Government bonds. Other"
wise it would pile up as cash,
bearing no interest.
Even the issue of interest is
more or less meaningless so long
as the board is denied access to
the general investment field. as
the Government would simply
take out Of general taxation the
interest paid on bonds held by
the Social Security Board. It
would be like transferring cash
from one pocket to the other, at.
fecting neither the security nor
the responsibility of the Govern
ment either to holders of Govern
ment securities or to beneficiaries
of the social security system.
Ito Be Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1938-12-30
Financing a Problem

There is a wide diversity Of
opinion as to whether the system
should be financed through &C
cumulation Of Government bonds
as reserve, or on a pay-as-you-go
basis, from current general taxa
ton, plus a pay roll tax.
The Administration has been
criticized by partisan opponents
for applying the revenues from
the present pay roll tax to general
governmental purposes. So long
as the Government is operating
on a deficit basis, the issue would
seem to be overemphasized, since
segregation of social security funds
would simply necessitate larger
borrowing and under existing law
the funds would have to be in
vested in Government bonds in
any event.
In it's essence, the present dis
pute would appear to boil down
to matter Of bookkeeping.
The Washington times., 1938-12-30

shoulder fellows they are, usual
ly mild-mannered and pleasant
enough in casual converse but
bitter and caustic and antago-
nistic in their by-lined writings
or in their public speech. Un-
like Socrates, whose reward for
plain-speaking opposition was
the cup Of hemlock, these fel-
lows draw agreeable returns
1or being disagreeable in print
or in defamation. The Athe-
nian said, 81 would rather die
having spoken after my man
The Washington times., 1938-12-30
IrUest1,lent Limited

Unless the law is to be amended
to allow the Social Security Board
to build up a reserve made up in
part of other values such as mort
cages and bonds Of the type into
which the funds of the great life
insurance companies flow, in ad-
dition to Government bonds, the
money piling up from social Sc
curity collections will continue to
The Washington times., 1938-12-30

dunes at Kitty Hawk, N. c.
Thirty-five years. Just a
little over a third Of a cen
tury, yet think Of the tre
mendous progress that has
been made. From that first
short flight. now we have
planes that fly the Pacific
Ocean, from San Francisco to
China, on regular schedules.
We have great planes that
make the jump from Balti-
more, to Bermuda, from winter
to summer, in q few short
The Washington times., 1938-12-30

project for reorganization of the
whole Federal structure, sup
posedly In the interest of greater
economy, efficiency, and to reduce
duplication Of activity by rival
agencies.
The Washington times., 1938-12-30

the United States, but also
England and France, when it
comes to civil and military air.
craft performance.
There probably is no doubt
that we have the finest set
Of aerouynamic engineers in
the world. They have designed
the most perfect flying ma
chimes from the aerodynamic
standpoint. But that is only
80 per cent of the problem.
Aerodynamically perfect ships
will not nerform If thew are
The Washington times., 1938-12-30

ner, than speak in your manner and Hve," but
our modern dissenters have found that by speak
ing after their own manner they may still live,
and live on the fat Of the land, to boot.
TouOn Has GrOlOn Tanner
IN round.table huddle the other night there was
= lament that the town has grown too serious
and no longer indulges in the fantastic hoaxes
that kept the citizenry in highspirited good mood
Nor do we have the gleeful pranksterS of
decade or more ago with their fine practical
Jokes. Nor the tantalizing pressagent stunts
champagne baths for imported stars, lions regis
tered at a smart hotel, ladyin.thenude diving
into the park reservoir, etc. One among us re-
called certain Mr. Lozier Of more than CEN
tury ago, prankish gentleman who convinced
thousands of fellow citizens that Manhattan, on
the Battery side was topheavy and sinking. The
only solution. he proposed was to saw New York
in half and bring the severed territory around
by way of the East River and attach it to the
lower end. So persuasive was he that he lined
The Washington times., 1938-12-30

of the problem and the extent of
the effort to meet it.
Into the new department would
be dumped the WPA, probably the
PWA, Public Health Service, Chill
dren's Bureau and similar Federal
agencies concerned with the care
Of millions Of victims Of a fast
moving industrial civilization
the one-third of the population
which, as President Roosevelt
characterized them, are ill
clothed, ill-housed and ill-fed." The
socalled underprivileged.
The Washington times., 1938-12-30

driven by engines whose fundamental principle
is outmoded and outperformed. Engines form
the other so per cent Of the question.
Today the Germans-if Ickes & Co. succeed
IN agitating the nation into sufficient state Of
hysteria over an theology that war eventuateS-
could dispatch bombers 1000 miles off the United
States eastern seaboard, drop their bombs and
then fly all the way back to Berlin!
Because they use fuel oil instead Of gasoline,
they have IS per cent larger carrying capacity,
they consume less fuel and their engines out
perform our own gasoline machinery.
The Washington times., 1938-12-30
Move for Federal
Welfare Agency
Gains Favor

This Is the fifth of series OF
articles reDie1Oing on a broad
scale problems facing the Ma
tion'S Taxpayers as a result OF
overlapping development of
public and priUGte philGnthropic
systems. One of the major is
sues before Congress neat
month UiH be relief. TodGy's
article touches on plans Con-
0reSs may be called upon to con-
slider. FolloU this series daily
in The Washington Times.
Creation Of a new Department
of Public Welfare as the eleventh
Of the permanent Federal depart
ments in Washington is the goal
toward which all welfare agencies
appear to be driving at the
moment.
1t would be a logical develop
ment, considering the magnitude
The Washington times., 1938-12-30

and farm workers now excluded
from the social security system
would be brought within its scope
on the same basis as industrial
workers.
The Washington times., 1938-12-30

THOUGHTS AT RANDOM: I hold no part with
the professional dissenters, though Manhat-
tan abounds with them. Argumentative, chipon-
The Washington times., 1938-12-30
E1But''-

IF the Congress were to do little investigat-
ing into the aircraft industry picture. it would
discover why the Germans are ahead Of not only
The Washington times., 1938-12-30
Our Engines Are Outmoded

THE American aviation engine field is virtually
= divided between two companies. Tied up in
the companies are about $15,O0o.0OO worth of
tools. jigs and dies for the sole manufacture of
gasoline aviation engines.
On the board of one company is J. p Morgan.
On the board of the other is young stettinius.
Of United States Steel, in its turn linked back
to the New York banking interests.
To scrap the construction Of outmoded gaso-
line engines would require writing off the $15..