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Evening star., 1938-05-14
Catches Chicken on Hook.

WEST POINTS, Nebr. R).-Jim
Neary brought no fish home. but he did
catch q chicken on his hook.
Returning after an unlucky bit OF
angling, Mr.. Neary tossed his tackle
over a fence-then regretted 1t imne-
diately. One Of his best laying hens
swallowed hook, bait and sinker.
Evening star., 1938-05-14
Mrs. Lola Collins Dies.

Mrs. Lola F. Collins, 81, Of Odenton,
Nd, died in Casualty Hospital last
night from injuries to her back, said
to have been suffered at her home
last. Tuesday. Mrs. Collins was
brought to the Washington hospital
by the Glen Dale rescue squad am
bulancA
Evening star., 1938-05-14
LEVINE NOTE PROBED
Boy Fisherman Finds Message in
Bottle in Jersey.

MORR1STOWN, N. j., May IA R.-
A note reading. Help Held prisoner
by bandits. Peter Levine" was found
today in q bottle in the Rockaway
River by fisherman, George H.
Ritz, IA.
1t. David Allen of the EQUITY prose-
cutor's staff, said he had communi-
Gated with New Rochelle, N. Y, po-
lice, In an effort to learn whether
the handwriting was that of Peter
Levine. IL, who disappeared nearly
three months ago.
Evening star., 1938-05-14
Woman Shot in Mouth Lives.

PHILADELPHIA, May IA UP-A
pistol bullet which, Detective William
Arthur said, Mrs. Anan Rodler, so,
fired into her mouth caused only minor
injury. Jewish Hospital physicians
said the bullet struck her jawbone
and bounced of. Mrs. Rodler spat it
out.
Evening star., 1938-05-14
Birds Take Snow Baths.

MEDICINE HAT, Alberta GP-
Wintry weather doesn't bother hardy
Medicine Hat canaries. D. Macay has
an outdoor aviary with two-score
canaries. They even take snow baths.
Evening star., 1938-05-14
Completes Dictionary.

After l8 years of work Prof c. K.
Baratov Of Russia has completed his
Arabian Russian dictionary contain
ing 10000 words. and 10000 copies
will be published.
Evening star., 1938-05-14
CHURCH OUTING TONIGHT
Vienna and oakton Epworth
Leagues to Go to Great Falls.

Leagues to Go to Great Falls.
The Epworth League Of the Vienna
and Oakton Methodist Episcopal
Church will sponsor an outing to
Great Falls tonight.
Vessel Staalman will lead the dis
cussion at the meeting Of the league
tomorrow in the celebration Of the
4sth anniversary Of the founding Of
the Epworth Leaguo.
Evening star., 1938-05-14
FOUND.

BRING OR REPORT deserted animals to
the Animal Protective Association. 5000
Wheeler I'd: Sc. Atlantic 7142.
COIN PURSE. small, black containing
keys, cosmetics and amount OF cash. Pot
1900. Ext. 1913.
KITTEN, half grown: gray with black
Evening star., 1938-05-14
SAFE CLEANING
REPAIRING . REFINING

Our expert method Of cleaning will renew the
bsouty Of your furs. carefully tokins out
al dirt. softening the motted hoirs and
mokins the pelt pliobIe. Expert glazing
Ieoves the fur as lovely and Iustrous as when
you bought the sorment.
Charges for cleaning. storage. repairs and
refining are mode when your garments ore
requested in the Fall. Arrange now to have
your Winter wardrobe in perfect condition
for Fall and Winter wear.
Evening star., 1938-05-14
SPECIAL NOTICES.

SPECIAL NOTICES.
FALSE TEETH REPAIRS WHILE YOU
wait. Emergency Laboratory. Room COL
Westory Bldg. l4th and r. Net. 1888.
WE WILL SELL FOR STORAGE AND RE-
pairs 2 1881 Ford panel motor nur.Ser
n.Wa sn Il TRfANaLE III MoToR w TeoSs'ee coMpRny sro st.
! WILL nor BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
any debts contracted by any one other than
myself, III HARRY lElS; 7. HUBER. $50 Maryland
I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
debts other than those contracted by my
self. FELIX EDWARDS. 723 Euclid st.
NV.
WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
debts contracted for by any one other
than myself: JOSEPH o. sHAFFER. 6l9
! WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
debts contracted for by any one other
than myself. w. M. POAG. Alexandria,
ya.------------------I6 W. I6.
T WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
any debts contracted for BY. any one other
than myself. WILLIAM A. GOODLOE,
u. D.. 1896 8 st. NV. 14s
A DEAL FUNERAL AT SIS
Provides same service as one costing $500.
Don't waste insurance money" Call
DIAL with rs years experience. Lan-
Evening star., 1938-05-14
LOST.

BOSTON BULL. small, near 24th st. ne
Call Atlantic 5063-W.
FRATERNITY PIN. Phi Chi. gold with
ruby settings. initials 1T. H. W.; down
town. Thursday; reward. Alex. 1929.
IRISH SETTER. male wearing collar. An
swers to name King" Reward. Dupont
S42S.
PEACOCK, white, vicinity gall Gath ST.
north, Arlington. Va; generous reward
POLICE DOG, male. yr. old. light brown
and black; answers Major." Reward. 1929
18th st. NV. Adams 2342-J.
POLIcEMANs BADGE No. 637, on Feb
IL, bet. No. l station and 40 Quincy
st. ne. Return to No. l police station. 49,
PURSE, black leather. with chain Of s
Keys; l4th and or bureau car. Dist.
ROUTE AGENTS BOOK, Important. Re-
turn Mr.. Derne. Evening Star.
ToPCoAT. tan gabardine: Wed. night
near Shoreham Hotel: reward for return.
Clev. $500. Ext. BOB.
WRIST WATCH. initiated IN. T; H."
Thurs., May IL, st. bet. 18th and 14th
OF Dept. Agrlc.; rev, Slepherd 1851.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-04-14
Paul Swanson Is
COP Candidate For
District Solicitor
Winston-Salem Attorney Seek
ing Solicitors Job. Born
In Wilkes.

Paul Swanson, Winston-Salem at
torney and the Republican candi-
date for solicitor of the eleventh dis
trict which includes Ashe, Al1eg-
hany and Forsyth counties, has just
completed a tour Of the district and
says that he is gratified with the
outlook.
The Republican candidate was
born in Wilkes county near Mora
Wan Falls, in log cabin.
Mr.. Swanson received his educa-
ton at the Wilkesboro night school,
High Point College and studied law
at Duke. He taught for one year at.
Lexington in the Junior Orphans
National home. For the past sever
al years he has been practicing law
in Winston and is also publisher Of
a weekly newspaper.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-04-14
TINE FOR ACTIONS

This spring thousands of people from all parts
of the county viii come to Ashe county to see
the Parkway. Every effort should be made
to get them to see the various places Of interest
throughout the county Here in West Jefferson
we need to have "clean up campaign within
the next month and from that time on KEEP
OUR STREETS AND VACANT LOTS CLEAN!
We are also recommending that the town faith
ers, whoever they may be, work out some plan
for providing weekly street cleaning and gar
bage collecting system. This program should
be of vital concern to the merchants.
AS an immediate goal, the town should, in our
opinion, complete the sewerage project, inn
prove its streets by paving them to the side
walks and cooperate with the State Highway
Department and WPA in having the road up
Negro mountain gravel-treated. Approval of
community club house project could also be Sc
secured with relatively little difficulty and ex-
pense.
On all of these projects, WPA assistance is
readily available. Now is the time TO ACT,
TO IMPROVE OUR TOWN while the opportun-
ity is knocking at our door!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-04-14
24s Needy Cases
On List For Apr. I.
Total of $1433.5O To Be Paid In
Ashe This Month. To Work
Out New Budget.

This month 248 aged needy per-
sons and dependent children in Ashe
county will receive $143350, Miss
Ruth Tugman, superintendent of
the Welfare department, announced
yesterday.
She said that Is additional appli-
cations were approved this month
and that large number of appli-
cations for assistance have been sub
mitted within the past few weeks.
'sWe now have on file about $50
applications of needy people and
over 100 aid to dependent children
applications" Miss Tugman said.
Within the near future the board
will meet and make out a schedule
of anticipated requirements for the
next fiscal year. The set up this
year called for 200 old age depend
ents and $50 dependent children.
The old age dependents will, Of
course, have to be raised some for
next year, Miss Tugman stated.
= The program naturally costs the
county right much money, but it is
understood that every effort will be
made to carry it forward.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-04-14
BREEDING CANNON-FoDDER

The German government, in the past five
years, has granted more than 100000 marriage
aid" loans of 700 marks to young couples start
ing out in life, and calculates that there have
been 100000 more marriages and 100000 more
children, as result of this policy, that would
have occurred at the rate of increase prior to
1888 Now the Nazi state announces that couples
who when married have worked on the land
since leaving school will not have to repay the
loans until they are thirty and if they are still
farmers then, the debt will be cancelled.
Coming from nation whose grievance
against the rest Of the world is that it has no
room for its surplus population, this looks on
the face of it like fantastic scheme. Why en-
courage more babies when there is not room
enough for the present population? And when
a nation is unable to pay its creditors but con-
stantly bearing down on its people for more tax
es with which to build up its military forces,
how can it spend money so freely to encourage
matrimony?
The most plausible answer is that the Ger
man government is anticipating the next war
and looking forward to the deaths of another ten
or twelve millions of its young men, and so is
taking precautions against depopulation by see
ing to it that there are enough children left to
carry on after their fathers have been sacrificed
on the affairs of the War Gods.
There are Americans who honestly believe
that this country needs more disciplined and
regulated social system. Well one of the re-
suits of a regimented and controlled social sys-
tenn is that young men and women are bribed
to marry so that they can breed children to
grow up into cannon-fodder for the greater
glory of the dictators who control their nation.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-04-14
Religious Editorial Comment
CHRIST OUR HOPE

Christ is our hope because he brings to
thought such ideas of nature, man and God, as
harmonic human life with itself and with facts
of nature and God.
Christ gave to us the Christian religion.
Christianity is not religion formed by human
reason, but is such religion as reason sees to
be in line with the acts of existence Man is a
thinker and needs truth. Christ is the fountain
of all truth. Man must act and he needs law
to govern his actions. Where can we find a
greater law than the law of love which Christ
has given to the world. Man has heart and he
needs something to love; he is weak and needs
strength. Christ does not simply bring to man
a system of truth for man is more than think
err; or system of law for man needs more than
something to do
Nor does Christ simply bring wealth of emo
ton, for man needs more than satisfaction for
his heart; or great supply of strength, for man
needs more than help in his weakness These
are brought, combined and harmonized in uni
ty in the perfect life of Christ. Man has found
many theories Astounding in poetry, philosophy
and theology, his cry has been for the sight of
demonstration, not only thought out, but suffer
ed out, willed out, lived out Such demonstra-
ton men believe they saw in Christ two thou
sand years ago.
Christ is our. hope in solving mysteries. The
mysteries which men sought to clear up by
thinking, Christ cleared up by his living. And
when the contradiction of sinners became so
great he could proceed along the natural way
of living no longer, he submitted himself to
death. And arising from the grave he gave to
men the essence of all TRUTH the results of all
righteousness. the fruits of all love, and the Sc
cret of all time and eternity, and the hope of
Immortality
Christ lives and is able to help nations as well
as individuals. Christ loves and is able to save
nations as well as individuals. Christ leads and
is able to lead nations as well as individuals.
May we see our need of help and let Christ save
and lead us-By Rev. w, T. Wilmington, pas
tor West jefferson Baptist Church
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-04-14

Then the Federal government, out
Of general revenues, undertakes to
match, dollar for dollar, all moneys
paid by a state for pensions to the
INDECENT aged. That is the phase OF
the Act under which the Oklahoma
scandals have developed. What
Washington is beginning to wonder
is what is happening to unemploy-
ment insurance and old age bene-
fits.
$$OO,O0O,OOO Payroll Tax
More than eight hundred million
dollars has been collected by the
Federal government in payroll tax
es for the unemployment insurance
fund, in the fifteen months since the
Social Security law took effect. On
ly about Al millions of this huge
fund has been drawn out by the
states to pay part wages to unem-
ployed workers, though unemploy-
ment has steadily increased since
the beginning Of the present de-
preston last fall.
More than eight hundred and f1f-
ty more millions have been collect
ed from payroll taxes for old age
insurance, half of it out of the pock-
cts of the thirty million workers
who have Social Security numbers,
and from assessments under the
Railway Security Act. Only fifty
million dollars have been used for
the purposes for which this money
was collected, some 48 millions to
railroad workers and about two
millions to other workers who have
reached the retirement age of IS
since the first of last year.
In short, Uncle Sam has collected
by taxation for specific purposes
about one billion, six hundred mil
lion dollars in fifteen months and
has disbursed for those purposes on
ly about a hundred million. The
other billion and a half has gone in
to the Treasury's general funds and
has provided that much money to
be spent without either raising tax
es or borrowing.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-04-14
Last Rites Held
For Miss Stanley
Attractive And Popular Wagon
or Girl Died Last Friday Fol-
lowing Brief Illness.

Funeral services for Miss Johnsie
Stanley. age 81, who died at her
hone. the Wagner community
la t ,iday, were conducted by
R VS. r. H. Stone, J. w. Luke and
David Rotten Monday and burial
,ye1 made in the Miller cemetery.
Miss Stanley had been in good
health up until about three weeks
aeo when she was striker with an
Thrills and heart ailment. She
was an attractive and popular girl.
She is survived by her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert L. Stanley and
the following brothers and sisters:
Mrs. Harley, of North Wilkesboro;
Mrs. Ada Sheets, of Wagner; Mrs.
Zorro Miller, of Jefferson; Mrs. Mae
Smith, of Nathan's Creek, Miss Ruth
Stanley, Eugene and Robert Stan
ley, of Wagner.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-04-14
signed to Ashe and Watauga counties.

signed to Ashe and Watauga countes.
Will this negative vote help to increase the
allotment this year? We do not know. t may
but the chances Of this are perhaps not 50 good.
We should like to have much larger allotments
and believe that raising hurley tobacco in this
section is going to be a big thing some day. but
under the present requirements Of the agricul-
tural program it will be difficult for US to get
any substantial increase.
Regardless of the way our farmers voted,
marketing quotas will be. established for every
hurley grower as over two-thirds of the voters
in the referendum marked "yes". And let's
hope our shining negative" vote will have a
positive" reaction.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-04-14

Entered as second-class matter on Oct. ], 1925 at
the post Office at West Jefferson, North Carolina
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-04-14
ma CLASS BY OURSELVES

The hurley tobacco growers in Ashe and Wa
tauga counties were certainly in a class by
themselves in the marketing quota referendum
held last Saturday and we do not clearly under
stand this reaction. These two counties and
Graham were the only ones, according to the
reports at hand, in which majority of the
farmers voted against the proposed establish
ent of crop control for this years crop. Through
out the country, the vote was about ten to one
in favor of marketing quotas.
Why did this happen? We do not know. In
formation from reliable sources discloses that
strong Republican factions worked hard to de-
feat the election. Of course the present agri-
cultural program is largely a product of the
Democratic party and yet it was supported by
leading Republicans in Congress- The COP
party's national platform of 1886 stressed the
need for control of production to insure ade
quate prices for farm commodities.
That explanation may have had something to
do with the outcome of the election, but we are
inclined to believe that many farmers voted
against marketing allot ments that have been as
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-04-14

The tax listers are now busy listing all prop
erty for the purpose of taxation. The state law
requires that, all property be listed during the
month of April and provides penalty for those
who fail to list. Every individual owes it to
himself and to his government to list early and
to list his property at fair value. Ashe coun-
ty needs every dollar to which it is entitled and
we hope that no one will try to evade paying
his rightful proportion towards the support of
the county.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-04-14
EASTER SERVICES AT
BIG RIDGE AND BOGGS

A very lovely Easter pageant,
"The Gift of Life, will be present
ed at the Big Ridge Presbyterian
Church and the Boggg School house
by the Young Peoples League of the
Church. The services at Boggs will
be at 200 o'clock Sunday afternoon,
follwed by the regular preaching
service, with sermon by the pas
tor, Rev. r. H. Stone.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-04-14

Neutrality-suspicious. peculiar thing
about rumor and scandal is that
when all the facts are disclosed the
truth is seldom as scandalouS as
the preliminary ballyhpo has led
people to expect The real sensa-
tional scandals pop up without much
preliminary advertising.
A situation exists now In Wash
ington which seems likely to pro-
vide a graphic demonstration OF
both the proceeding statements.
There has been so much talk about
undisclosed malfeasance, corrupt
ton and graft in connection with
T. v. A. that gossipmongers are pre-
dieting that the blowoff, when the
Congressional Investigation Com
mittee gets into action, will make
more of a sensation and send more
people to Jail than did the Teapot
Dome oil exposures. But expert
enced observers here discount that
notion. That all is not well inside
Of T. ". A. everybody realizes, but
that anything like conspiracy to de-
fraud the Government or to sabot-
age the activities of the T. v. A. will
be disclosed is regarded as quite
unlikely.
Old Age and Politics
Where the big scandal will break
it is whispered by the wise ones,
will be is the administration of the
Social Security Act. And there it is
not expected that an investigation
will disclose the slightest irregula-
rity in the conduct of the Security
Board itself, but great deal of
irregularity in the handling of Fed
eral funds by State administrations.
For large part of the Federal
money collected by excise taxes on
payrolls for Unemployment grasts,
by direct income taxes on workers
for Old Age benefits, and by gene
raj taxation for Old Age relief,
which is something quite different,
is handed over by the United States
to state commissions for distribu-
ton.
The firt intimation that public
funds are being wrongly used came
from Oklahoma, where the rapid
rise in the number of people on the
old age pension lists and the cor
responding increase in the flow of
Federal money into the state, start
ed an Investigation by the Social
Security Board. The investigation
is not yet finished, but is has al
ready been reported that money
has been poured out in the form of
old age pensions to thousands Of
persons who are not in need, but
who are favored by certain politi-
clans.
Social Security Benefits
No evidence has been made pub
lie that similar wasteful and i'm
proper methods prevail in other
states, but Washington is digging
deep into the facts, with a corps
of field workers trying to find out
what is going on, not only IN the
matter of disbursements for old age
pensions but in unemployment pay
ments under another section of the
complicated Social Security Act,
while at the same time a rising tide
of resentment against the use Of the
old age benefit taxes, taken out of
wage-earner's pay-envelopes, is
growing into something resembling
tidal wave.
Under the Social Security Act
provision is made for many diffe-
rent kinds of philanthropic activi-
ties Employers are taxed to create
a fund to be distributed by state
authorities to pay wages to men
and women who have been laid off
their jobs. Employers and employ
ess alike are taxed for old age an
nuties- called benefits" in the law.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-04-14

With the appropriation of $4,50000000 for the
Blue Ridge Parkway practically assured, there
is every assurance that the construction of this
magnificent national highway, which will bring
more prosperity to Ashe and surrounding coun-
ties, viii go forward at rapid pace this year.
Surface treatment of the Parkway in the coun-
ty is scheduled to commence soon and we are
going to insist that all available local labor be
used instead of q large group of foreigners.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-04-14

Along with thousands of others, we deeply
regretted that it was necessary to drop Con-
gresham Doughton's name from the Blue Ridge
Parkway in order to avoid serious legal compi-
cations which would result therefrom. After
construction has been completed and all titles
cleared we see no reason why his name couldn't
be used in an honorary way without any rela-
ton whatever to the legal aspects We urge that
some veteran representative and senator make
a note of this deserved honor and secure pas
sage of an act when the proper time comes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-13
LOUISIANA COUPLE
 HAS GOOD HUNTING
 ON WESTWARD TRIP

MT and Mrs. F. R. Gibson of Lake Charles, Louisiana. pass q southbound through Juneau on the Yukon after a bear hunt and daughter hunt to report success complete.
 MT. Gibson got his brown bear on Kodiak Island and Mrs Gibson managed to talk her daughter, Mrs. G. E. Barham, of Seward, into a visit to the nome folks back in Louisiana"
 And so the Gibsons consider their trophy list as including the big brown bear, and Dr. and Mrs. G. E. Barham, travelling on the Yukon with the Gibsons. Dr. Bar ham is head of the Seward General Hospital. He and his wife will visit for several weeks with the Gibsons.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-13
GOLDSTEIN BUYS
 SkAPPY CRUISER

The snappiest boat in Juneau is the Bobby G recently purchased from Chris Dahl. Petersburg fox rancher by I. Goldstein
 The craft. formerly named the Blue Fox, is 3l feet long. has 9i2- foot beach and is a raised deck speed cruiser type. It is powered with a 135 horse power Gray and has top speed of l6 miles an hour.
 Goldstein named the craft after his son.
 The trim cruiser is white with ma hcgany trim, sleeps four and is fully equipped with modern gall ley.
 The Bobby G made 8 good show ing yesterday on it's first trip for Goldstein who took party of friends aboard the boat ill a fish ing trip to Taku Village.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-13
B.P. W. Dance Is Success

Everyone seemed 10 be ~ln 8 dancing mood" Saturday evening at the Business and Professional Wo- mems Pre-summer dance. which was given in the Elks Ballroom.
 Marking their first public ap- pearance. Lillian" and her orcheS- t-a staged such a Init" with the dancers that an intermission wasn't even called.
 Special features for the evening" 8 entertainment included Sophie Har- ris, petite songstress. offering That Sweet Irish Sweetheart of Mine; followed by Adrienne Glass in a tricky tap arrangement. Jacqueline Schmitz also sang You're An Edu- cation to Me"
 Mrs. A. M. Uggen, leader of the orchestra swung" a few numbers, and Miss Mary Wildes, featured vo- calist with the band, gave several se- lections during the evening.