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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
CANADA A GOOD NEIGHBOR

Americans generally, of all degrees of politi-
cal faith and affiliations, will heartily agree with
President Roosevelt's expression of our national
affection toward our sister nation to the North,
the Dominion of Canada.
When Mr.. Roosevelt said at Kingston, On
tanio: II give you my assurance that the people
of the United States will not stand idly by if
domination of Canadian soil is threatened by
any other empire" he practically extended the
Monroe Doctrine to cover the whole American
continent. AS popularity interpreted, that doc
trine, enunciated 100 years ago, set forth that
attempted colonization by foreign powers of the
then unsettled areas of the Western Hemisphere
would be regarded as an unfriendly act to the
United States. Canada then was definitely
sparcely settled country but has generally been
regarded as being beyond the limits of the doc
trine
There is every reason why Canada should be
included The interests of Canada and of the
United States are identical. Any intrusion upon
Canada's freedom by foreign power would be
serious menace to us.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01

The theme-Song OF the present complex and
fearstriken age is social security" for the mas
ses and for the aged.
Through it's various phases, the National So
cial Security Act, linked up with the different
state social security programs, provides unem-
ployment insurance, earned benefit payment
to those reaching the age of sixty-five, old age
to the needy and aid to dependent children.
Of course the amounts of these individual
payments are small, but at the same time they
are adequate to keep the wolf from the door,
in most instances. AS shown by reliable stati-
sites, only small percentage of the people who
live to the age of sixty are independent. This
is deplorable condition, but nevertheless it is
true and for that reason the present social Sc
curity program was passed. Thrift and sue
cess and closely related and because he never
learned to save during their productive years,
the average person fails to achieve any mea-
sure of success and economic independence:
Figures released this week show that over
thirty million men and women in the United
Statee are today building up insurance against
old age and twenty-five million workers have
earned some credit towards insurance in event
of unemployment.
At the present time there are nearly two mil
lion aged persons in the country receiving
monthly cash allowances from federal and state
funds and hundreds of thousands of children
are being cared for.
In North Carolina over three million dollars
were spent last year on the aged needy and de-
pendent children. In Ashe county the expendi-
lures amounted to over eleven thousand dollars
and this was distributed to around $50 ndivid-
uals.
Social security is here to stay. It's form will
be changed from time to time and more people
included under it. AS result of it, county home
institutions now becoming as out-of-date
as horses and buggies. In this state last year
four county homes were closed and five more
are now in the process of liquidation and their
inmates are being placed in homes outside the
institutions where they will come closer to fam
lily life and happiness that is not available to
them in institutional care.
Old age has now been made easier.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
State PatrOl1nen
Making Check On
Drivers License
G. G. Bare, OF Glendale Springs,
Fined $500 And Cost For
Not Having His.

Drivers of motor vehicles who do
do not have drivers licenses had
better stay out from beneath the
steering wheel unless they want to
pay a fine.
Starting week ago, the State
Patrol launched a campaign of stop
ping motorists and asking to see
their drivers license card.
Within the pats few days Patrol
man Thomas has checked a large
number of motorists in Ashe and
Allegheny counties. Fortunately
for the drivers, nearly everyone of
them had their licenses.
G. G. Bare, of Glendale Springs,
however, did not have his and as
a result was cited into the mayors
court here Monday morning and
taxed $500 and cost.
With only a rare exception, Patrol
man Thomas stated that motorists
did not resent the check up and
gladly co-operated.
In the mayors court here Mon
day, Conley Dale Debord, of Grassy
Creek, was fined only $500 and
cost on a charge of operating. a car
while under the influence of intoxi-
cantS.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
Crumpler News

A family reunion was held at the
home Of Miss ElNira Brown and
Mr.. and Mrs. r. K Woodruff last
Sunday. A big dinner was served
to the following: Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Brown and children, Spencer,
Garlsnd, Dorothy, Berle and Alta
Jean; Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Brown
and children, Irene, Velma, Eva,
Cornell, Russell and Marie; Mr.. and
Mrs. Everett Moore, and children,
Curtis and Alma, all of Crumpler;
Mrs. Frank Taylor, of Fallstone,
Md; Mrs. Hortense Revis, Miss June
Vannoy, Mrs. FRANKLIN Taylor, Jr.,
and children, Gerald and Marlin, all
of Red Lion, Penna.; Mr.. John P.
Troutwine, of York, Penn; Mrs.
Gertrude Murphy and son, Jimmie,
of Forest Hill, Md; Mrs. George
Perkins and sons, Kenneth, of Nath-
ans Greek; Mr.. and Mrs. R. K.
Woodruff and children, Ruth and
John, and Miss Elvira Brown. Miss
June Vannoy, Miss Hortense Reeves,
Mrs. Myrtle Taylor and children;
Gerald Marlin, Mr.. Jack P. Trout
name, all of Red Lion; Mrs. Ger
trude Murphy and son, Jimmie; Mr..
Frank Taylor, of Fallstone, Md.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
WHAT ARE WE DOING?

Every progressive town and city in the state
has already made extensive plans for civic i'm
provement by arranging to secure WPA or PWA
money to construct sewer systems, build mu
nicipal buildings, install water systems, improve
streets and numerous other activities
Next Tuesday the residents Of Sparta will
vote on a special $4O,OOO.OO bond issue which,
if passed and we hope that an overwhelming
majority of the voters will favor it, will enable
the town to secure loan and grant from the
government in the amount of $56,000.00 to pro-
vide water supply and $45,O0O.0O WPA pro-
ject to install sewerage system.
Both of these are essential services of any
town and Sparta now has the opportunity of
getting $1O1,OOO0O by spending $4O,OOO.OO. Is
that good investment? Would you give forty
cents in order to get back $101? Of course you
would.
Over at Blowing Rock the town has been
given loan of $4,000 and grant of $4,000 to
finance the establishment Of water works. filter
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KeAneA
BY
TROY
ISAIAH
JONES

Of all the putin on I have seen
lately was man putin on an 'Aus-
tin Car. It looked Like B. v. D.
Some of the things that the gov
eminent is doing looks sorter like
sewing a shirt on button.
Little shovel handle, am so tired
If you don't stand up, will be fired.
We had the second shirt-tail pa
rade the other night when the tar
tank exploded.
The newspaper said that all five
thousand people were present to see
the fire. I have heard that the town
on some very hilarious occasion
looked like twins, but this is the
first time I ever heard of the town
looking like quintuplets. 90"
The paper said that there are ten
bridges for every person in the
United States. No wonder we are
crossing them before we get to them.
When Mrs. Roosevelt came to the
White Top, they brought her truck
load of vittals. No wonder they
exclaimed, 'Hain't She Gorgeous.
If General Washington sat in as
many chairs as he was reputed to,
that must have been the origin of
the Shutdown" strike.
I have read every ad in the papers
from the cradle to the coffin. Meth
er of them suits me.
Quit making comparisons of the
peoples faces. You look as different
to them as they do to you.
When we get into trouble we 90
to the cupboard for an expression.
It is either pickle or a jam.
+
A fisherman dropped his artificial
teeth while fishing and afterwards
caught the fish that had his teeth.
Disregarding the fact that this is
fish stoHyl there is something
FALSE about it.
The average man will believe a
lie until you go to mixing it up with
an element of truth.
A depression is country down
and out-out with the rest of the
world.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01

all historians swell within your
mirsd more than ever aftej' hav-
ing seen this truly magnificent and
inspiring pageant in which over $50
persons participate, many of whom
are natives of the Island. CCC boys
take the part as Indians, actors of
the Federal Theatre and other pro-
fessionals play leading roles in this
great drama of Paul Green, North
Cardinals eminent playwright.
Wednesday night we saw this
wonderful pageant and it was the
first time in my life that 1 ever sat
in the rain to see a production of
this kind. ! had seen football games
amid heavy downpour, but not
play or pageant. Shortly after the
performance started, however, it
stopped raining and millions If stars
peeped out.
!, too, thought the pageant ex-
citing, tender, tragic and beautiful,
but resented the fact that there
were several Jews who had parts
III it as the Jews were not among
the original settlers. Another thing
that impressed me a great deal was
the apparent inability of those brave
English people to make living in
a place where fish, game and good
soil abound, but in spite of that
] had profound admiration for their
desire to find freedom. at any cost.
Thursday morning we left Roa-
noke Island and came back by. his
toric old Edenton and near there
attended the dedication service of
the states longest bridge across the
Albemarle Sound into Washington
county. This beautiful bridge is
three and half miles long and cost
nearly 100000. Approximately
$4,000 people were present for the
dedication.
Late Friday afternoon I returned
to West Jefferson and discovered
that the boys, under the direction of
my able assistant, John Reeves, had
gotten out splendid paper.
I also discovered that after hav-
ing stayed on the go day and night, I
needed some "rest'', too. So if this
isn't up to "par", just blame it on
the vacation. However, I had a |
fine time, but was glad to get back
to the "air-c conditioned section of |
North Carolina. It was cool on the
coast at nights, but extremely hot
during the daytime.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01

Every visitor who comes to this section is
deeply impressed with its magnificent scenery,
its healthy. climate, it's natural resources and
the future possibilities for growth and develop
ment Don Richardson, of Charlotte, the states
eminent violinist who spent his first vacation,
here this summer, was so impressed with Ashe
county that in a letter to the editor he referred
to it as North Carolina's "heaven" and said that
he was going to adopt it as his second home.
He is also making plans to hold one of his music
schools here next summer.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
PARAGRAPH1CS

An education is the greatest gift that parents,
community, state and nation can give to youth.
It enables child to enjoy life more, to be more
useful to society and tosmake more money for
himself or herself. The state law requires that
each child be sent TO school, but Ashe county
parents are urged to- send their children to
school for the children's sake and not just be-
cause the law demands it! =
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01

Ashe countys great friend, Eugene Garbee,
director of physical education at the Appalach-
ian State Teachers College, was quite right
when he told members of the Jeffersons Rotary
club recently that Scouting offers a program of
Misunderstanding and citizenship-training that
is not found in the schools or churches. Scouts
are taught to live by living and do by doing. It's
varied program of seriousness and fun,
of work and play appeals to all boys. Unfor-
tunately Ashe county only has one boy scout
troop at the present time. We sincerely hope
that the high schools and churches in the county
will start making plans promptly for the estab-
ishment of boy scout troops.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
FARM TOUR IN ASHE
HELD LAST FRIDAY

Ashe county's first farm demon
stration tour was conducted last
Friday and several of the best
farms in the county were visited.
cit was a fine trip and everyone
who made the tour certainly en-
joyed it," Mr.. Rich said. However,
I am sorry that we did not have a
large crowd"
The Washington times., 1938-08-30
STREET DOOMS
FAMOUS TREES

FALLS CHURCH, Va, Aug. 80
The Falls Church town council
imposed the death sentence on
SO of the towns famous old trees
to make way for an $4,000 i'm
provement to Broad Street at a
special meeting last night.
Despite cries of "Councilmen,
spare that tree!" from a number
of older citizens, the council voted
to WELD the ak in order to comply
with the State Highway Depart
ment's demand for a 40-foot right
of-way for the street improvement.
The highway department is ex
pected to Immediately advertise
for bids for the work, Mayor L. B.
Daniel said today. 1t includes lay
ing $4,000 feet of curb and gut
tering, estimated to cost $21, 900
and resurfacing 1000 feet of Broad
Street west from the Lee Highway
to the town limits.
The Washington times., 1938-08-30
FARMER IS HELD
IN MILES DEATH

Paul Stromberg, 30-year-old Fair
land (MdD farmer, is at liberty
under $500 bond on charge Of
manslaughter growing out of the
accidental Staying Of Milton Miles,
20, a neighbor, Sunday evening.
Stromberg went to Montgomery
county police at Silver Spring, Md,
yesterday morning after he had
read an account in a morning
paper of the mysterious shooting
of Miles and told them he had
been shooting a rifle in a nearby
field at about the time Miles was
believed to have been shot. He
was attempting to break a gun
shy" hunting dog at the time,
Stromberg said.
The rifle he had been using was
placed in the hands of ballistic ex-
perts at the Department of Justice
and a report received by police last
night identified it as the weapon
that fired the bullet causing Miles
death.
Miles was found in a turnip
patch near his home Sunday eve
ming by two neighbors. A bullet
had pierced his heart. He was
dead on arrival at the hospital.
No date for hearing on the
manslaughter charge has been set,
police said today. This charge,
they pointed out, is a formality
carried out in cases of an acci-
dental death, since Montgomery
county has no coroner.
The Washington times., 1938-08-30
POLICE CHANCE
in TRIAL BOARD
BEING POWDERED
Single Departmental
"Judge" Proposed

Possibility that Washington's
Police Trial Board will be shaken
up, with the result that one in
stead of three police officials will
serve on the body, was seen here
today as Commissioner Melvin c.
Hazen revealed a proposal to have
the personnel Of the board
changed.
Hazen said he was considering
the plan at the suggestion Of other
officials.
LIKE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Such a change would give the
police a trial board similar to that
Of the Fire Department, where one
fireman, the Engineer CommiS-
sioner and an assistant corpora
ton counsel serve.
The plan will be submitted to
Major Ernest w. Brown, Sllperin-
tendent of Police, when he returns
from his vacation the latter part
OF the week. AS a result it is
possible that the commission will
act on the proposal st next Tues
days meeting.
In event the plan is adopted,
HAGEN, said, the second member
will probably be an assistant cor
poration counsel, while the third
will be picked after further study.
MAY HEAR SLAYING CASE
Should the board be named I'M
mediately, it will hear the cases
Of two patrolmen scheduled to ap
pear before the board Se23ember
13 in connection with the Staying
of Leroy Keys, colored war vet
eran. The policemen are John
Nally, of No. 10, and R. N. Henry.
of No. 3 precinct. Both have been
exonerated, but their cases were
reopened at the recommendation
of Corporation Counsel ElWood H.
Seal, who studied testimony of the
two previous hearings.
The Washington times., 1938-08-30
SEA MYSTERY
Army Seeks Trace of
Missing Officer

A board of inquiry was named
by the War Department today to
investigate the disappearance OF
Lieut.. Col. Edward G. Mccormick,
Army officer widely known in
Washington.
Col. Mccormick, who was SO
years old, disappeared last Satur-
day from a liner en- route from
Puerto Rico to New York. The
ship went back owes its course for
several miles but found no trace
of the officer.
Stationed in Washington from
1884 to 1887, Col. Mccormick had
been on CMTC detail in Puerto
Rico, but lately had been in i'll
health and was ordered to Walter
Reed Hospital for treatment. His
wife and four daughters are still
in Puerto Rico.
The Washington times., 1938-08-30
Taxi! Taxi!
POLICE TO STOP
OF.
UNINSURED CABS
800 Fail to Comply
With New Law

Hack inspectors today sought
out 800 taxicab drivers who have
failed to comply with the new
insurance law to warn them not
to operate without the necessary
insurance certificates.
Inspector of Police L. I. H. Ed
wards said the list of those drivers
who have not complied was re-
ceived last night from the Public
Utilities Commission. Today
squads were sent to contact each
man on the list.
100 DRIVERS STOPPED
Yesterday, the first day the new
law was in effect, police stopped
about 100 drivers, but found that
each had complied with the law.
Richmond B. Keech, a member
of the Public Utilities Commission,
said about 800 insurance certifi-
Gates were filed yesterday, while
he expected additional drivers to
file certificates today.
The District Commissioners
have instructed police to con-
fiScate the license plates of any
taxicabs found operating without
the necessary insurance certi-
ficateS.
COSTS $252 A YEAR
AS additional certificates are
filed, the police will be notified
to take the drivers names off the
list of those who have not COM
piled with the law.
Keech estimated the cost Of
insurance at $252 yearly. Arrange
ments have been made whereby
drivers can make an initial pay
ment of $40, and IS per week
thereafter.
The Washington times., 1938-08-30

Gated, Hollywood is threatened
with invasion.
AID JOBLESS
The army O: joblesS, most of
whose members are from the East
and Middle West, have been re-
ceiving assistance from some i'm
portant motion picture person
alities, it was stated. Touched
by published stories of the plight
of the tranSients, Hollywood folk
have been sending gifts Of money,
food and clothing.
Apparently, however, despite the
fact that the amount of help given
the unfortunates is described as
considerable, it did not prove Suf-
ficient to meet the needs Of the
transients, and the army of jobless
sent scouts to Hollywood to de-
mand additional help.
And, it was added, the threat
openly was made that unless these
demands were met, a large body
of the unfortunates would move
to Hollywood and erect their
camps on the stars estates.
APPEAL TO U. S.
It was revealed today that a
motion picture group, among
them Director Clarence Brown
and his wife, Alice Joyce, will con-
tact Federal authorities on behalf
of the transients in the hope that
some means of providing them
with Federal aid may be provided.
So serious is the plight of the
migrants that petitions have been
drawn up by officials of Kern, San
Joaquin, Sacramento and Los
Angeles counties asking the Fed
eral Government to provide aid
for the migrants in their home
States.
The Washington times., 1938-08-30
Gun Battle
Kills 2

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug.
30 (I.N.SD.-T o unidenti-
fled men were shot and killed
in a gun battle with deputy
SheriffS here today.
The shooting took place
when the deputies halted the
taxicab in which the victims
were riding. AS the officers
sought to arrest the pair, the
latter opened fire. None of
the deputies were hurt. The
slain men were struck by a
score of bullets.
One of the men wore a hat
purchased from an Oklahoma
store.
An automobile with Arkan.
SaS license plates was found
near the hotel in which the
two had stayed. In the car
was q high-pOwered rifle.
The Washington times., 1938-08-30

ing today just
h o W S o o n
G r o u p S o f
transients will
undertake to
erect camps on
t h cir delight
fully nanicured
lawns.
Because, ac-
cording to re-
ports reaching
the film capital
from Bakers
field, n e a r
which city large
transient col
The Washington times., 1938-08-30
Mrs. Menken, Social
Leader, Seriously III

NEW YORK, Aug. 80 Q.N.S0
Mrs. S. Stanwood Menken. society
leader, noted for her fabulous
gowns, is suffering from serious
heart condition in her suite at the
Hotel Ambassador, it was learned
today.
Mrs. Menken was described as
Every, very low," by her attorney
husband. -Four nurses have been
attending her since she was strick-
en- with a heart attack on Aug
ust Is.
The Washington times., 1938-08-30
for Needy
Taken by HijaCkers

NEW YORK, Aug. 80 Q.N.SO
Three hi-jackers today possessed
approximately $4,000 worth of
mems suits that the Works Prog
resS Administration had intended
to distribute to the needy. The
loot comprised the cargo of a truck
hi-jacked when it halted for a
traffic light. Since the clothes
had not been delivered, WPA Off
cials said the Government would
stand no loss,
The Washington times., 1938-08-30
Textile Wage
Hearing TODAY

Elmer F. Andrews, adminiStra-
tor of the wage-hour act, will con-
fer today with the Textile Indus
try Fair Labor Standards commit.
tee and tomorrow will meet Spokes-
men for the tobacco industry. The
discussions, Andrews said. will cen
ter around "a practical definition
of the scope" of each industry.
The Washington times., 1938-08-30
Gov. Earle Orders
Check on All JaiIs

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 30
(I.N.S.).-In a move to pre-
vent a recurrence of the
tragedy in which four prison
ers were roasted to death"
in the HOlmesburg PRISONS
isolation cells, Governor Earle
today placed more than 500
local "lOckups" throughout
the State and 20 county penal
institutions under State pO-
lice inspection.
Beginning tomorrow State
troopers, acting as agents for
the State secretary of well
fare, will inspect the scat
tered jaiIs once a week.
The Washington times., 1938-08-30
5-Day Oil Week
Ordered In Texas

AUSTIN, Texas, August 30.-
The Texas Railroad Commission
has ordered Saturday and Sun
day closing Of Texas oilfields
through September. Allowable
production on five days a week
was set at 1,649, ,493 barrels daily.
A deduction for the two-day shut
down in each week was computed
to result in a basic daily allowable
Of 1,233,248 barrels in comparison
with a present basis allowable pro-
duction of 1,410,O00 barrels daily.
The Washington times., 1938-08-30
"Air-Tight CGse''

4. Assertion by officials that
they have an "airtight case against
eight or more guards and higher
ups
Meanwhile, State Secretary Of
Welfare Charles I. Engard con-
tinued his inspection of heating
arrangements in "Klondike," the
prisoners name for the punish
ment cells. Plans to reenact cendi-
tions that existed the night the
four prisoners were killed have
been postponed until some Of the
equipment, removed for checking,
has been returned.
The Washington times., 1938-08-30

coe Turner.
At times he was doing better
than 300 miles and hour on the
one-stop flight.
The plane is a military pursuit
type, capable of cruising 5000
miles at high speed and so keep
ing up with the fast long-range
bombers. It is powered with a
twin row 1,2OO-horsepower Pratt
and Whitney wasp motor.
The Washington times., 1938-08-30

This is no bull. It's q new world
champion COW that produces as much
as a whole herd q ordinary ones.
She eats and drinks her own weight
of 1.7O3 pounds every four days, but
delivers 20 times her weight in milk
record and how she was bred, as
related in The American Weekly, the
magazine distributed with next Sun
days Washington Herald-Times.
The Washington times., 1938-08-30

She will fly the plane in the
Bendix air race from here to
Cleveland next Saturday.
IT couldn't ask for a better
omen than to have the plane set
a new transcontinental record
on its way to the race" she de-
clared
Major De Seversky clipped one
hour and q minutes from the
east-WeSt record held by Col. Ros-