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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-01-20
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NORTH CAROLINA,
ASHE COUNTY
In the matter of the last
will and testament of r. L.
Reeves, deceased.
Having qualified as Executors of
the last will and testament of r. L.
Reeves, deceased, this to notify all
parties who have claims against the
estate to present them on or before
the 18th day of January, 1889 or
this notice will be plead in bar Of
their right to recover.
All persons indebted to the estate
will please come forward and make
immediate settlement and save cost
and trouble.
ROBERT REEVES,
PAUL CARNEY,
Executors of r. L. Reeves, deceased
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NORTH CAROLINA,
ASHE COUNTY.

In the matter of the administration
of the estate of Mrs. William R.
Pennington, deceased, by j. E.
Pennington, administrator.
Having qualified as Administered
or of the estate of Mrs. William R.
Pennington, deceased, late of Ashe
County, North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of the said de-
ceased to exhibit them to the under
signed at his residence in Peak
Creek township, Ashe County,
North Carolina, on or before the
18th day of January, 1889, or this
notice will be plead in bar of their
recovery.
All persons indebted to said es-
tate will please make immediate
payment.
This the 18th day of January,
1888.
J. E. PENNINGTON,
Administrator of Mrs. William
R. Pennington, deceased.
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NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA,
ASHE COUNTY.

Having qualified as Administra-
trix of the estate of Sarah E.
Brooks, deceased, late of Ashe
County, North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of the said Sarah
E. Brooks, deceased, to exhibit them
to the undersigned, at Wagner,
North Carolina, on or before the
18th day of December, 1888, or this
notice will be plGaded in bar of
their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate pay
ment.
JOHNSIE BROOKS ATWOOD,
Administrator of Sarah E.
Brooks, Decd. 12-3O-6tp
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE
NORTH CAROLINA,
A CIF NNIINrvrv

ASEE COUNTY.
Under and by virtue of power Of
sale contained in a certain deed of
trust executed May %, 1926 by r.
R. Griggs, ct al, Trustees for Jeffer-
son Lodge No. 80, I. o. o. F. and
c. w. Phillips, ct al, Trustee for
Jefferson Lodge No. 219 A. F. & A.
NJ, to the undersigned Trustee;
which deed of trust is duly record
ed in the Office of the Register of
Deeds for Ashe County in Book %,
page 1874, to which record reference
is hereby made; and
Default having been made in
the payment of said deed of trust,
and having been requested to do so
by the parties at interest,
/, Ira T. Johnston, Trustee, will
on the 18th day of February, 1888,
at one o'clock p. NJ, at the court
house door in Jefferson, North Car
Dina, sell to the highest bidder, for
cash, to satisfy said deed of trust,
interest and cost, the following de-
scribed real estate, to-wit:
Lying and being in North Caro-
lima, Ashe County, in the Town of
Jefferson and more specifically de-
scribed as follows:
BEGINNING at the Northwest
corner of Building known as, the
Masons' and Odd Fellows Building
in the Town of jefferson, at point
on Main Street, % feet and inches
from the Northeast corner of The
Bank of Ashe, and running North
$500 East So #. 8 in; then south
AGO. East Sc #. 6 in; then south 85-
80 East So #. in; then south A.
30 East Sc #. 6 in; then south 85-
30 West Al #. 8 in; then North Ia
#. to the beginning, and known as
the Masons' and Odd Fellows prop
erty in the Town of Jefferson.
This the 18th day of January
1888.
IRA T. JOHNSTON, Trustee.
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beginning at ten o'clock "A. M and
to continue through the day until
said property is sold, the following
articles Of personal property, to-
wit: "A line Of groceries; line of
candies and CONNECTIONS; notions;
fixtures. ANY other articles of mer-
chandise belonging to said estate.
This january 8, 1888.
BURGWIN CARTER, Admins
intsator of B. NJ Carter, Decd.
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NOTICE
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP

I, the undersigned hereby mott
fly the public that the former part
nership between myself and Mr..
and Mrs. Jake Church, of North
Wilkesboro, N. c., owners and op-
orators of a Beauty Shoppe in West
Jefferson, N. c., known as the May
flower Beauty Shoppe has been dis
solved.
l am no longer connected with
Che Mayflower Beauty Shoppe in
any way whatever and shall as
sumo no responsibility for any OBJ
legations or contracts made by the
said Mayfower Beauty Shoppe.
MRS. B. E. REEVES,
West Jefferson, N. c., Jan 10, 1888
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NOTICE OF SUMMONS

NOTICE OF SUMMONS
NORTH CAROLINA,
AST1E COUNTY.
j A. Segraves
VS..
Lena Segraves
The defendant above named will
take notice that an action entitled
as above has been commenced in
the Superior Court of Ashe County,
the same being an action for abso-
lutte divorce and duly verified COM
plant has been filed and summons
issued which is returnable in the
Office of the undersigned on Febru-
airy 3, 1888, when and where the
defendant is required to appear and
answer or demur to the complaint
and that if she does not appear
within the time required by law
the relief requested in the COM
plant will be granted.
This January 8, 1888.
j. D, STANSBERRY,
Clerk Superior Court.
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NOTICE OF SALE BY ADMINS
ISTRATOR

NORTH CAROLINA,
ASHE COUNTY.
In the Matter Burgwin Carter,
Administrator of B. M. Carter, De-
ceased.
Under and by virtue of the pow
er vested in the undersigned by
law, I Burgwin Carter, Admins
traitor of B. M. Carter, deceased,
will sell to the highest bidder for
cash at the store building in West
Jefferson, Ashe County, North Car
DINA, known as the DR.. c. r. Eller
building and lately occupied by the
Piggy Wiggly, on January %, 1888,
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NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE
NORTH CAROLINA,
ASHE COUNTY.
r. L. Reeves, Executor of
Greed Roberts, deceased


r. L. Reeves, Executor of
Greed Roberts, deceased
VS..
Emory Roberts
Under and by virtue of a execu-
ton directed to the undersigned
Sheriff of Ashe Cocnty from the
Superior Court of Ashe County in
the above entitled action, I will, on
Monday, February 7, 1888, at one
o'clock P. NJ, at the courthouse
door in Jefferson, North Carolina,
sell to the highest bidder for cash
to satisfy said execution, all the
right, title and interest that the de-
PENDANT Emory Roberts has in and
to the following described real es-
tate, lying and being in Ashe coun-
ty, North Carolina and situated in
the town of Lansing, being one
half undivided interest in Lot No.
8, Block A in the town of Lansing,
and specifically described in deed
from VERNE Woods and wife to
Emory Roberts, dated the 9th day
of March, 1888, and recorded in the
office of the Register of Deeds OF
Ashe County in Book F-2, page 1873,
to which deed and record thereof
reference is hereby made for a
complete description of said prop
erty to be sold.
This January 3, 1888.
w. E. MILLER, Sheriff.
BY Walter Stringer, D. S.
A
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NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND

WHEREAS, on the 3oth day of
April 1884, Lura Miller, executed
and delivered unto w. o. McGib
ony, Trustee for Land Bank Com
missioner, a certain deed of trust
which is recorded in the Office of
the Register of Deeds for Ashe
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NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA,
ASHE COUNTY.

Notice is hereby given that Frank
McRary will apply to his Excel
lency, Governor Clyde R. Hoey, and
the Parole Commissioner of North
Carolina for pardon or parole for
a sentence of ten years imprigon-
ment in the States Prison, imposed
upon him at the October term 1885
of the Superior Court of Ashe
County, for burglary in the second
degree.
This the 18th day of January,
1888.
FRANK McRARY,
BY Grant Bauguess, Attorney.
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

NOETII C'ApOLINA,
AcHE COUNTY.
Having gu -lfed as Administra-
tor of r. W Osborne. declared, late
of Ashe comfy, North Carolina, is
to notify all 'ersons having claims
against the said estate to present
them to the undersigned for pay
ment on or before Jan. 3, 1889, or
this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will make immediate payment to
the undersigned.
This January 3, 1888
r. C. PHILLIPS, Administrator
of R. w. Osborne, deceased.
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Askov American., 1938-03-24
SHOULD REMEDY SYSTEM
Editor Askov American:

Editor ASkOV American:
In reply to Chas. D. Egley of South
ST. Paul, who commented on my ar
ticle of March 3, will say that I
consider such cooperatives as there
are in and around Askov capitalistic.
They are organized for profit, the
stockholders of same expect and do
receive dividends and the employees
receive salaries, all of course is as
it should be- l do not include these
kinds of organizations in the category
as being non-profit organizations.
have at different times in my more
prosperous days belonged to these
kinds of organizations, have received
dividends and when 1 needed the
money sold my stock without any
loss. 1t is not these kinds of organiza-
tions that l am striking at when
advocate the retention of the profit
motive.
What I did have reference to in
my article was the strictly socialist
theory, Everybody for his need" )"
instead of everybody according to his
production 1t is hardly necessary to
say that the capitalist system is not
functioning properly; have said that
many times, and still do say so. My
basic contention is that the capitalist
system should be modified and made
to work and not abandoned.
l do not condemn everything the
Socialist party has advocated, in fact
believe they are responsible for a
good many of our improvements. Yet,
l part company with them when they
advocate a strictly Socialist system
based on Everybody according to his
need" l maintain the impelling force
driving things onwards is the hope
of reward. Eliminate that and you
Askov American., 1938-03-24
Selfish Hindrance

Normal progress and prosperity of
the country is being retarded by a
selfish few, said President Roosevelt
in a speech at Gainesville, Ga, We'd
nesday and enlarged upon the state
ment by saying that that few, believ-
ing in a different theory of govern
ment, give little thought to the one
third ill-fed, ill-clad and ill-housed
and that they believe that balancing
the budget is more important than ap-
propriating for relief.
The President hit a responsive
chord when he made that statement,
for it is fact that those few are
living in the horse and buggy days
when the feudal system was in its
heyday. Low wages and high prices
to the consumer should have no part
in American life nowadays and the
sooner the favored five percent real
ize it better off will be the country
as whole.
It is the concensus of opinion of
many that the present business re-
cession is being caused by selfish ac-
ton of the wealth controlling few.
Askov American., 1938-03-24
A Necessity

Did you ever attempt to get pass
port to another country or arrange
passage on a steamer? If you haven't
then you possibly haven't been put
to the task of digging up" your birth
certificate. And if you haven't you
possibly are not aware of the fact
that you haven't it. All this seems
unnecessary to one who, in his every
day routine, does not venture outside
of the boundaries of the nation, but
it is necessary just the same.
A person, above any one else,
should keep a record of himself.
Many uses can arise and much nerve
wracking effort can be saved if one
will 60 about getting and preserving
his or her birth certificate while he
or she has plenty of time before the
time comes when he or she must
have it.
In earlier days not so much stress
was laid on issuing birth certificates
as now and therefore those of middle
age and older who have left the place
of their birth, may not have that
valuable document.
Askov American., 1938-03-24
Fight Fair. i!

Pope Plus of Italy, urges the FaS-
ciSt rebels in Spain to use moderation
in bombing of the civilian population
following an air raid on Barcelona,
the government capital, when 872
persons were reported killed. The
Pope had previously warned General
Franco about bombing the civilians
and was assured that he would, but
alas the temptation was too strong
for the rebel general, it seems.
The situation is filled with tense
ness-a veritable powder keg-so it
seems with all of Europe likely to be
involved. The same news report states
that the Fascist party newspaper has
warned France not to interfere on the
side of the loyalist government un-
less she is ready to face a big war
Premier Mussolini told a cheering
crowd of Fascist BlackshirtS that
the country was ready for peace but
would fight, if necessary, and would
win. That is taking in a lot of
territory
All of that would indicate that
Italy is watching the Spanish situa-
ton and the rest of Europe with
eyes similar to a cat watching a
mouse before attacking and the situa-
ton surely calls for sound and de-
liberate thinking on the part of neu-
trail nations if the world is to avoid
being embroiled in another world
war
1t would seem that Italy feels that
another Fascist government is in the
making in Spain anyway and the
Pope evidently does not want the
finger of shame pointed at that gov
ernment in its ruthless raids on civil
ians. In other words he would re-
verse the old saying, "everything is
fair in love and war;" and make it
contain the eXception-fight fair.
The time has certainly come when
we have to avoid being swept from
our best judgment by hysterical war
propaganda.
Askov American., 1938-03-24
INFORMATION ON SHEPPARD
MAY BILL

Editor AskOv American:
l have just read the letter of A. M.
Simonsen, published in your paper
March 10, wherein Mr.. Simonsen
boosts for the Sheppard-Hill bill, now
known as the Sheppard-May bill,
contending that it would take profit
out of war, and thereby reduce the
chances of this nation being drawn
into war.
However, millions of people in this
country cannot agree with that view
point. They contend that the bill
does not take the profit out of war
at all, but prepares the nation for
the establishment of military die
tatorship AS this is an important
question, these differences of opinion
are great, ETC., the people should in
form themselves as to what is what,
and get on the right side in this fight.
Personally 1 think the Sheppard
May bill is vicious; that it does not
provide for all of the good things
Mr. Simonsen attributes to it, and
quote in support of my views from
a statement made by congressman
Maury Maverick, c. Arthur Anderson
and Paul Kvale (also ex-service men)
as follows:
"This bill is unnecessary, full of
pretense, a draft of human beings
and serious danger to democracy
1t does none of the things it says
it does. 1t takes absolutely no pro
fits out of war; it 'equalizes burdens
of war in no manner whatsoever, il
does not promote peace Yet in its
title it claims to do all these things
"The bill is in much worse form
and much more dangerous than any
of the war-control bills heretofore
presented. 1t is much more danger
Gus than the Sheppard-Hill bill.
can honest title to this bill would
be: "A bill to take the democracy out
Askov American., 1938-03-24
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
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and more than 1000 mutilated by the
explosives. Many of the victims were
women and children.
Russian Plan.
Maxim Litvinov, foreign commissar
of the Soviet republics, a few days
ago proposed that all democratic ma
tionS gather for conference to dis
cuss what might be done to obstruct
the aggression and the threats to
world peace exemplified by dictator
governed countries; Litvinov ex-
pressly declared that Germany, Italy
and Japan should not be invited to
attend.
Reaction to the plan has not made
itself felt yet; it is being considered
in the various capitals, and if the
plan meets with fairly general ap-
proval, Litvinov will formulate it
officially.
1t is not yet certain that his pro-
posal will be endorsed, for some of
the democratic nations are themselves
arming as menacingly as are the
fascist nations. Then, too, ever since
Litvinov at various conferences in
Geneva suggested that the way for
the world to disarm was to disarm,
Soviet participation in international
affairs has met with some suspicion,
unjuStified it would seem.
British DiscOrd
For long time the British gov
ernment headed by Neville Chamber
lain has been conspicuously weak and
hazy in its foreign policy; led by
War Minister Hore-Belisha a group
of the cabinet members is trying
to persuade the prime minister that
for the sake of European peace as
well as for the sake of British pres
tige, it will be necessary to adopt
a more decisive and energetic atti-
tude, for until now the government
has been extremely evasive at times
when the rest of the world felt it
had a right to expect clear-cut state
ments and policies in London.
There is a possibility that Cham
berlain may be forced out of office,
and that Stanley Baldwin may once
more become prime minister-but so
far, this is mere conjecture as moth
ing has been decided. Should the
government change its personnel, it
is thought that Anthony Eden, who
recently resigned as foreign minister
Askov American., 1938-03-24
SEES ABOUT SUGAR BETS

Editor ASkOv American:
I agree with Andrew Engebo and
others that it is discouraging to raise
rutabagas and we should try and
raise some other cash crop, pos
sibly sugar beets. And with that
thought in mind went to Chas-
ka the other day and had quite a
talk with the superintendent of that
plant, which is the nearest sugar beet
factory to us, about l25 miles But
he did not give me much encour-
agement as he said the freight would
be too high, he thought about SITS
a ton. l put it up to him that if
the company should some day want to
branch out, we up in the cut-over
country or northeastern Minnesota,
could raise enough beets to supply
branch factory. This company is
operating eight factories at the pres
ent time. He said as far as the COM
pany was concerned, it might be
all right, but impossible with pres
ent government setup, as the sugar
beet people are only allowed certain
percent of the sugar output, which
l think is "a percent and the cane
sugar people certain percent and
the rest we have to import from Cuba,
Philippine Islands and other places
where they have cheap labor, which
to my notion is not right
So l think at the present time 1t
is out of the question for us to raise
sugar beetS in a commercial way.
But he thought it would be all right
for some of us to raise a trial plot
and see what tonnage we could pro-
duce and what sugar contents the
beets would have if something later
should turn up in our favor. He is
going to send me few pounds of
seed in couple of weeks, when they
start to send out seed, so if there
is any one who would like to try
few pounds of seed you can let me
know either over the phone or by
postal card, and he can send it all
together. 1t is Is cents a pound.
Then in the fall we can send SAM
piles and find out what sugar con-
tent they contain.
Now I think we should just 60 at
it easy, but of course we can feed
them to the cows the same as ruta-
bagaS, but he advised us to sow
them a little heavier than we do
rutabagas.
Now, it is up to us to convince
our government that it is just as
necessary to help us farmers as the
American capitalists down in Cuba
and the Philippine Islands, so that we
would be allowed to produce more
products for home consumption.
A. P. JENSEN.
Askov, MINI.
Askov American., 1938-03-24

will have to substitute force and fear.
Trotzky, Lenin, Stain, Mussolini
and Hitler were all originally Social
lists; Trotzky, Lenin and Mussolini
were well known in Socialist circles
before the war; Why did they have
to abandon their program? Primar-
lily because it would not work. In any
event Stain is killing off the original
founders of the present government
in Russia; Mussolini and Hitler have
gone to the extreme in condemning
their fellow socialists. I do not con-
slider this personal failings on their
part; they were forced into it.
S. j. SIMONSEN.
Pease, Mimi, March ID, 1888.
Askov American., 1938-03-24

duction. The lowly old kernel, fur
nisher of a large portion of the starch
which we humans have in our back
bones, is probably disgusted as to
the way the farmer was treated in
the World war when its price was
prevented by presidential action from
exceeding $225 per buShel.
Askov American., 1938-03-24
A GOOD MOVE
(Springfield Advance-Press)

(Springfeld Advance-Press)
Under new law lands forfeited to
the state for continued tax delin-
quency are being appraised by county
boards and offered for sale to the
highest bidders, no sale to be made
for less than appraised value. This
sale should not be confused with the
annual tax sale of lands delinquent
only one year. Redwood county COM
missioners have advertised their sale
and Brown county will do SO short
ly. 1t is thought that under this new
law more people will be interested
in actual purchases of lands. There is
no further waiting period. Purchas-
ers obtain a good title when they pay
their money. In Brown county these
tracts are mostly timber lots and old
gravel pits of little value.