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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-08-18
Exc CUTORS NOTICE
TO REDI TOR S

Having qualified as Administrators
of the estate of Geo. H. Stansberry,
deceased late of Abe County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all persons
having claims against the estate of
said deceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned at, Todd, North Caro-
lima on or before the 18th. day OF
August, 1889, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate pay
ment.
This the 18th. day of August, 1888.
S. M. STANSBERRY,
Executor of Geo. H. Stansberry,
deceased.
Grant Bauguess, Attorney 8-1S-6t
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der for cash to satisfy said lvenex
executions the following described
land and property to-wit:
Lying and being in Walnut Hill
Township, Ashe County, North
Carolina, on the North Fork of New
River and bounded as follows:
First Tract: All the real estate
of which Hiram Thompson was
possessed in Ashe County, North
Carolina, on the 18th day of Novem-
Der, 1886, consisting of several
tracts aggregating 251s acres in
Guiding the Spring Known as the
Bromine Arsenic Springs and other
springs near Crumpler, North Caro-
lima, more and complete descrip'
ton of which tracts will be found
in the deeds conveyed to Hiram
Thompson, recorded in the office of
the Register of Deeds of Ashe Coun-
ty in Book SIS page 285, which by
reference is made apart hereof.
| Second Tract: Beginning at a
stake in the line of the Bromine
Arsenic Springs Company, IncoT-
porated, at a branch running N SO
w 1872 poles to a stake; then S As
w 9h poles to stake; then S S. E
II poles to stake at the branch;
then down and with said branch
to the beginning, reference being
made to a certain deed recorded in
the Office of the Register of Deeds
of Ashe County in Book SIS, page
283.
Third Tract: Known as part
of the Alec Wyatt land situated on
North Fork of New River near
said Spring containing ga acres,
more or less and bounded as fol-
lows:
Beginning ION a rock at the
branch above Baldwin-Bak and
Company store running N SO E S
poles to stake; then N 10A poles to
stake; then N IS E poles to stake in
road; then N 7 E 4 poles to stake
in the branch; then N 81 E 2h
poles to stake in the branch; then
N 66 E 18 poles to stake in the
the branch; then N rs E 6 poles to
stake in the branch; then S % E.
poles to water oak; then S 81 E.
with the Spring line to Plummer's
corner; then S 81 w 9 poles to a
gum; then S SIS w 10 poles to span
ish oak; then N 81 w 1874 poles to
a buckeye; then N 81 w poles to
the beginning, reference being made
to deed recorded in the Registers
Office in Ashe County in Book Al,
page 100.
Fourth Tract Adjoining the
lands of Bromine arsenic Springs
Company, E. C. Barker, and others,
containing II square poles. A more
full and complete description of
said land in deed recorded in the
office of the Register of Deeds of
Ashe County in. Book Al page 49,.
Reference is also made to a GER
tain deed from R. C.. Copenhaver
to Bromine Arsenic Springs Com
pany, Incorporated under date of
June II, 1915, which is duly record
ed in the Office of the Register of
Deeds of Ashe County in Book RI,
pages 248-25O and the same made
apart hereof.
Also all the personal property on
or about said land premises be-
longing to the Bromine Arsenic
Springs Company, Incorporated.
/ This July %, 1888.
w. E. Miller,
Sheriff of Ashe County North
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NOTICE OF SUMMONS
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT BE
FORE THE CLERK

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT BE-
FORE THE CLERK
North Carolina
Ashe County
Esther Lephew VS. Otha Lephew
The defendant above named will
take notice that an action entitled
as above has been commenced in
the Superior Court, the same being
for absolute divorce and that duly
verified complaint has been filed
and summons issued which is re-
turnable in the office of the under
signed on September 9, 1888, when
and where the defendant is re-
quired to appear and answer or de-
muir to the complaint and if he
does not appear within the time
provided by law the relief request
ed in the complaint will be grant
ed.
This August 9, 1888.
J. D. Stansberry
Clerk Superior Court
B-11-4T
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NOTICE
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT

In THE SUPEk1Ok COUKT
North Carolina
Ashe County
In the Matter of Danisha Thomp-
son Mother of and on behalf of Ro-
bert Jackson Thompson and Ro-
berta Thompson
To Danisha Thompson and Uni
ted States Fidelity And Guaranty
Company
In Pursuance of an order signed
in the above entitled ause at the
October Term, 1887 o. the Ashe
Superior Court, this is to notify
Da1isha Thompson. with n thirty
days from this date to deliver to
this Court Robert Thomp-
son and Roberta Thompson and
upon failure to do you and your
bondsmen will be held liable ac-
cording to the conditions of the
bond filed in this action. A copy
the order is hereto attached.
This the 9Th day of August 1885.
j. D. Stansberry
Clerk Of the Superior Court Of
Ashe County, North Carolina.
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NOTICE OF ApMrNIsTRATIoN

Ashe County
North Carolina
Having qualified as Administrator
of Geo. w. Weaver of Ashe county,
North Carolina, this is to notify all
persons having claims against said
estate to present them to the UNI
dersigned for payment on or before
July IL, 1899, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate pay
ment to the undersigned.
This July IL, 1888. Il
GUY T. BADGER,
Administrator of Geo. w. Weaver,
decd. 7-14-6t
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North Carolina

North Carolina
Ashe County
Having qualified as Administrator
of Blanche Manuel late of Ashe
County, North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against said estate to present them
to the undersigned for payment
within twelve months of this notice
or this notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate pay
ment to the undersigned. p.
This August 8, 1888.
M. A. Shepherd,
Administrator of Blanche Manuel.
8-11-6T
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NOTICE OF SALE
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT

North Carolina
Ashe County
John H. Hassinger j. o. Neaves
Il. VS.
Bromine Arsenic Springs Company,
Incorporated.
Under and by virtue of certain
venex executions issued from the
Superior Court Of Ashe County in
the above entitled actions and di-
rected to the Sheriff of Ashe County
and pursuant to the command and
authority therein contained, I, w.
E. Miller, Sheriff of Ashe County,
North Carolina, will on the 5th day
of September, 1888 at one o'clock
P. M. at the Courthouse door of
Ashe County, in Jefferson, North
Carolina, sell to the highest bid
The Washington times., 1938-05-02
BRITISH GUST
JAPAN TROOPS

SHANGHAI, May 2 Q.N.S0.
japanese gendarmeS we're ouSted
from the Marking Road sector of
the International Settlement to-
day after British troops had been
rushed into the region.
Japanese authorities sent the
armed police in to the British de-
tense zone when Chinese terror
lists hurled a bomb into a crowded
street. Brig. Gen. Teller Smollett,
the British commander-in-chief,
ordered detachment of Seaforth
HighlanderS to the scene with in
structions not to leave until the
japanese had cleared out.
British and Japanese military
authorities quickly reached an
agreement under which the Nip
ponese troops left the scene. The
Highlanders then were Withdrawn.
The tense situation arose when
a bomb. the third in less than two
days, was thrown by Chinese ter
rorists in downtown Shanghai. Ten
Chinese were hurt.
The Washington times., 1938-05-02

District Suffrage Leaders
Garry Battle to Congress
Sultan, D. c. Head, Sent
Back to Army Duty

(IN.S) President Roosevelt today ordered Col Daniel
Sultan relieved of his assignment Commissioner of the
District of Columbia and assigned him to duty
mander of the Second Engineers at Fort Logan, Col.
The order issued completion of Sultans regular
tour of duty He has been of the three Commissioners
for the District Of Columbia for little four years.
Sultan succeeds Col Richard c. Moore who has been pro-
noted to the rank of brgadier general Fort Logan
Moore recently transferred to command of the Atlantic
sector at the Panama Canal Zone
The order transferring Sultan to Denver is effective
September 9.
Seekers after the post of Col Dan Sultan Engineer
Commissioner Of the District of Columbia kept White
House telephone lines busy today.
Three most often mentioned in connection with
the vacancy which will when Colonel Sultan ends his
tour of duty September three highranking Army
men from widely separated parts of the country.
One is Col. Dewitt c. Jones, now at Vicksburg Miss,
and director of the vast flood and shipping projects of the
Mississippi River.
Another Major George Mayo engineer in charge
of Federal projects in the New York city area.
The third is Col Edward H. Schulz of San Francisco,
who is Army director of engineering problems OF the Pre-
sdio, world fair SITE .-..,..-~a---
The Washington times., 1938-05-02
UPHOLDS
patent POOL

G.N.SJ. The General Talking
Pictures Corporation of New York
today lost an appeal to the Su-
preme Court to curb the so-called
Radio Trust" patent pool.
The courts opinion was S to /,
with Justice Black dissenting and
Justices Roberts, Cardozo and
Reed not participating.
The high court ruled the talk
ing picture corporation infringed
patents because it used a patented
article for making talking-picture
apparatus, when the manufacturer
from which it purchased the arti-
Gle was licensed to sell it only for
radio use.
The Washington times., 1938-05-02
Practical JOkers
Worry Laurels

HOLLYWOOD, May 2 QN.S).
Fun-making Stan Laurel and his
bride by three marriages, Illiana,
a Russian singer, can't see any
humor in the pranks of unknown
friends. Someone sent a drove
Of police to Laurel'S home last
night by turning in a false report
Of a shooting. It's been going on
like that for days-fire apparatus,
morticians and ambulanceS dash.
ing UP to the Laurel home pre-
pared for business,
The Washington times., 1938-05-02
SEIZED
At SIMON HOME

HOLLYWOOD. May 2 d.N.sO.
simone Simon. petite French film
star. was routed from bed at dawn
today when police arrested a IT,
year-old bus boy attempting to
peer into the second-story windows
Of hr elaborate home.
The youth, who gave his name
as James B. Richards, was found
seated on a porch post.
"You see, I am a magician
and saw Miss Simon's picture
in the paper" Richards ex-
planned, according to police. 81
just wanted to teach her all
about magic"
Detectives said the youth pro-
duced three pieces of wood from
his pocket, explaining they were
magic wands." Richards was
booked on suspicion of burglary.
The Washington times., 1938-05-02
INQUIRY WAITS
I'm ODD DEATH
or CARETAKER

LA PLATA, Md. May An.
quiry into the mysterious death OF
Charles Adams, caretaker on the
estate Of T. Morris Wampler,
prominent Washington lawyer,
met with many obstacles here to.
day.
Adams was found dead by
Wampler at his Fenwick CMd0
estate. The caretaker was seated
upon a bench in the yard of the
estate and, because OF indications
Of possible foul play, a certificate
Of death by natural causes was
not issued.
WAITS ON WAMPLER
States Attorney Edward Edelen
said today that his office was
planning no investigation into
Adams death since there had
been no complaint against
Wampler.
Sheriff Russell Howard told The
Times:
I'VE will investigate the mat.
ter in a few days. Mr.. Wampler
Continued on Page 2, Col. A.
The Washington times., 1938-05-02
Data on PlebiScite'
Go To Hearings /
May 1919
By JAMES CULLINANE

The battle for local suffrage
gained momentum with unprece-
dented speed on Capitol Hill to-
day as the avalanche Of votes
rolled up in Saturdays refer
endum aroused attention of prevt-
ously disintereSted legislators.
Support Of pending resolutions
to give voteless District residents
q voice in the choice of their local
officials and the right to send
spokesman to Congress was prom
ised by influential Senators and
Representatives after they studied
results Of the suffrage plebiscite.
Final count Of the ballots cast
in the Districts first march to the
polls in "a years swept away con-
tentions that the residents Of
Washington are not interested in
voting.
A total Of 95,017 ballots were
cast and final tahulation revealed
the vote stood 10 to / in favor
Of national representation and z
to / in favor Of local suffrage.
COMMITTEE IMPRESSED
Thirteen members Of the House
Judiciary Committee admitted
they were deeply impressed by re-
suits Of the plehiscite. /.
Official results Of the suffrage
vote are:
For local suffrage. .S2,9T7
Against ...............s.1 0,9S7
For national representa-
ton ..................S7,O9 2
Against ................. 6,SS2
Total n u m b err of valid
votes cast .94,213
Votes thrown out as faulty SO4
Totals ballots cast. -. .95,O17
Next battle in the campaign to|
give voteless District citizens q
voice in administration Of their
local and national governments
will come May 10 and 10, when
the House Judiciary Committee
conducts hearings on the Capper-
Norton and the LewiS-Randolph
resolutions.
Before the committee will be
laid all ballots, counting sheets
and registration lists used in
Saturdays referendum. For the
The Washington times., 1938-05-02
Mann to Become
Citizen of u. S.

CLEVELAND, May 2 G.N.S).
On his way to Toronto today for
a lecture. DR.. Thomas Mann,
Nobel prize winner and exile from
Germany, left word here he will
file his intention to become an
American citizen in New York
Friday. He explained his action
to an audience of 3,4OO at Public
Music Hall last night by declar-
ing:
II simply believe that for
the duration Of the present
European dark age America is
to support, and is willing to
take care of, western culture
and civilization"
The Washington times., 1938-05-02
Grateful Recipient of Relief
Pays u. S. 500 of His SIP

GN.SO The Treasurer Of the
United States today received a
500 postal money order from
Fred Hohner, unemployed me-
chanic of Newark, N. j., for "shel-
ter" costs provided by the Govern
ment during 1885.
Hohner's statement explained
his unusual move, which all but
wiped out his own personal treas
ury balance of $112.
The Washington times., 1938-05-02

"The Government did its best
for me and I wanted to do my
best for the Government" he
said. He referred to the 81 days
shelter he received at a Newark
mission house while waiting to
be transferred to a transient
training camp.
Call it a hundred days, to be
fair" he said. "At 81 a day, I
owe the Government $780,"
The Washington times., 1938-05-02
CelOtex Co. Head
HOldup Victim

CHICAGO, May 2 Q.N.S0.
Bror Dahlberg, millionaire presi-
dent of the Celotex Company, his
wife and two other couples today
listed their losses to a bandit trio
last night at more than $4,000
in jewelry and cash. The other
victims were Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Ettelson, Chicago, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Dahlstream, Bar
rington. The six were returning
from a Loop theater when the
holdup occurred on busy Lake
Shore Drive.
The Washington times., 1938-05-02
brennan
HAS 1O-LB. BOY

PERTH AMBOY, N. j., May 2
QN.S0.-Its tiny heart beating
with the life of the man she killed,
a 10-pound boy was born today to
Margaret (Peggy) brennan.
In Perth Amboy Hospital, Perth
Amboy, N. j.. the 2O-year-old girl
brought into the world the child
of Paul Reeves, whom she shot
and killed last September 7.
Mother and child were reported
doing well.
The Washington times., 1938-05-02
Hitler to Seek
Hungary Okay

LONDON, May 2 Q.N.SO.
Chancellor Hitler will ask Premier
MusSolini. to agree to inclusion of
Hungary in the German sphere Of
influence, the London Evening
diplomatic correspond
ent stated today. What conces-
sionS the Fuehrer plans to give
were not disclosed.
The Washington times., 1938-05-02
May Day
Riots Fatal to 2

WARSAW, May 2 IN.S0.
Two persons were dead and two
nursed wounds at Kielce following
a May Day riot. Violence also
broke out in Warsaw. where q
bomb exploded and wounded two,
and at Lemberg. Anti-Jewish dem
onStrations occurred at several
places in Poland following the
May Day celebrations. Peasants
demolished a Jewish shop in
Szumsk near Wilma and chased
Jews from the market. One Jew
was stabbed in a disorder at the
Polish-Lithuanian frontier.
The Washington times., 1938-05-02
Infant Girl Dies
In Flaming Home

SOUTH LYON. Mich, May 2
G.N.s0.-A year-old baby girl was
burned to death today as her
mother saved two other children
from flames that destroyed their
home. Marilyn Campbell died
in her crib while her mother res
cued Jimmy, 3, and an infant son.
Witnesses said the fire was started
by Jimmy playing with matches.
The Washington times., 1938-05-02
Hull Back at Desk
After Vacation

U.N.SJ Tanned and rested
from a two-weeks' vacation in
North Carolina, Secretary of State
Cordell Hull returned to his desk
today and plunged into a mass of
data on worl devents which had
accumulated in his absence. The
Secretary spent two weeks at Pine
hurst, N. c., the first vacation he
has taken in Is months.
The Washington times., 1938-05-02
Bankhead Breaks
Toe Against Bed

QN.S.) Speaker Bankhead to-
day notified the House Congress
would have to function without
him today. He broke a toe when
he stumbled against his bed in
the dark.
The Washington times., 1938-05-02
NORTON DRIVE
TO FORCE ACT
AIDED BY Wire
PresidentWantsAu
To Give Stand
BY WILLIAM S. NEAL

N1AAAAGAAAA Ne 4N4AA34@
GN.S0 In the face of a bitter
Democratic sectional split, Presi-
dent Roosevelt today interviewed
in the House battle over wage.
hour legislation by urging mem.
bers to sign a petition to force
a vote.
Mr.. Roosevelt's position, which
again shattered precedent, was
stated in a telegram written in
Charleston, S. c., before he sailed
on his fishing trip, to Chairman
Mary T. Norton, of New Jersey,
Of the House Labor Committee.
SESSION END CLOUDED
The President gave full support
to Mrs. Norton's plan to seek
signatures Of 218 House members
to a petition to discharge the Rules
Committeeman thus bring the
Norton wage-hour bill to the floor.
All plans of congressional lead
ers for early adjournment were
thrust into doubt as a result Of
the Presidents vigorous demand
for wage-hour legislation.
SAYS NOT HIS PLACE
Mr.. Roosevelt in his reply to
Mrs. Norton'S request for advice,
said in part:
"Your letter telling me that
as a result Of the action of eight
members of the Rules Commit
tee a wage and hour bill has
again been prevented from
reaching the floor Of the House
was given to me last night Just
as I took the train.
IT want to make it wholly
clear that the rules under which
the House Of Representatives
acts are properly not the con.
Germ Of the Executive branch Of
the Government-nor have I
any right whatsoever as Presi.
dent to criticize the rules.
In the case OF wage and hour
legislation. the majority party
Of the House is committed to
legislation by its national plat.
form-and I have no personal
doubt that large majority Of
the membership of the House
believes that the House as
whole should pass its judgment
on such legislation.
"A new bill has been reported
by the Labor Committee. do
not pass judgment on its merits
or dement's.
"The Rules Committee, by a
narrow vote. has declined to
grant a rule and the full mem
bership of the HouSe-435 mem.
bers-iS thereby prevented from
discussing, amending, recon-
hitting, defeating or passing
some kind of a bill to put q
floor under wages and a CELL
ing over hours.
II still hope that he House
as a whole can vote on a wage
and hour bill-either by recon.
sideration of this action by the
Rules Committee itself or by the
petitio nroute."
The Washington times., 1938-05-02
Gen. Putnam Gets
Reisinger's Place

President Roosevelt today
named Brigadier General Russell
B. Putnam Paymaster General of
the Marine Corps. He succeeds
General Reisinger, retired.
The Washington times., 1938-05-02
Vote Good Thing,
Says First Lady

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
had this to say about the
District suffrage poll at her
press conference today:
Il am not a prophet, but I
think it is a very good thing.
I was very much interested
to see how many people did
vote"
The Washington times., 1938-05-02
TREASURY CONDITION

Q.N.SO Treasury balance April
20, $685. s5, 024.09; internal rev.
enue, $4,827 .sOS.s9: customs re-
ceipts. 500, 1896, 1859: receipts, S.
080, 444, 1903; expenditures, $6,347,-
742,49l,
The Washington times., 1938-05-02
DRIVER BLAMED

MEXICO CITY, May 2 Q.N.SO
An intoxicated driver was blamed
todaJ for the bus crash on a
bridge near Cacaloxuchil, Pueblo
State. in which 10 persons were
killed. Thirty.two were badly
hIIrt
The Washington times., 1938-05-02
CHAMBERLAIN
ASKS SUPPORT
FOR ITALYPAC
Premier Defends
peace Move"
BY KINGSBURY SMITH

LONDON, May 2 U.N.S0.-Co.
operation Of the British Par4ia-
ment in removing one of the dan.
ger spots" in Europe was asked by
Prime Minister Chamberlain to.
day in requesting approval of the
Anglo-Italian agreement.
Conclusion of the agreement,
he told the House Of Commons,
has already resulted in clearing
away "the clouds Of mistrust and
PURPOSE OF FARLEY
"The purpose of the govern
ment'S foreign policy" the
premier said, sis not only to
establish peace but to restore
general confidence that peace
can and will be maintained.
NAkAINV u NOUAOE
During the discussions which
the agreement, Chamber
Iain revealed, Italian Foreign Mini
ster Count Ciano promised that
Italy would abstain from creating
or embarrassments for
Britain in Palestine.
In return, British Ambassador
Lord Perth assured Italy that
Britain would protect and pre-
serve legitimate Italian interests
IN Palestine.
To those who have critized
Britain's recognition of Italy's
conquest of Ethiopia under the
agreement, Chamberlain said:
'"The only circumstances
under recognition of the Italian
conquest of Ethiopia could be
morally justified would be if
this were an essential feature
Of general appeaSement.
"That is the position of the
government today. Mediter-
ranean appeasement is a step
towards general appeaSement."
Britain does not intend to ask
he League Of Nations to modify
my resolutions already adopted
'egarding Ethiopia. Chamberlain
aid, but is merely seeking free
1om Of action regarding recogni-
ion.
HECKLED BY MEMBER
Referring to England's old
friendship with Italy, Chamber.
ain said:
To-day there is a new Italy
which under the stimulus of the
personality Of Signor Mousse
lini is showing a new vigor,
wherein there is born a new
vision, new efficiency in ad-
ministration and"
''New horror" shouted men,
berS Of the laborite opposition,
but the prime minister con-
tinued:
&c. And measures to i'm
prove the conditions Of the
people.
with the laying aside of tenn
porary differences, I believe we
may look forward to friendship
with the new Italy as firmly
based as that which bound us
to the old Italy"
The Washington times., 1938-05-02

first time in history, Congress
then will have concrete evidence
of the desire Of local residents to
shake off the 64-year-old yoke Of
taxation without representation.
The ballots show that pro-
ponents Of national representation
the right to elect Senators and
Representatives and participate in
presidential elections-carried the
plebiScite by is to l, ..-...
By q margin of Z to l, District
residents demanded the right to
elect their own city officials.
BLOW TO OPPOSITION
The plehiscite dealt a smash.
ing blow to opponents Of suffrage
who for years have been whisper.
ing that there was no popular
support Of the movement to give
local residents a vote.
The tremendous outpouring Of
Continued on Page s, Col. p
The Washington times., 1938-05-02
LOST

NOTEBOOK LosT-Ice route: reward. Re.
turn to 4606 Iowa Ave. N. ".
KODAK-Lost, front of 62S D st. N. E.;
party who found return to same address |:
reward.
Other Lost and Found Ads
will be found on Page 26, Col. 2.
The Washington times., 1938-05-02
BLOW TO OPPOSITION

Citizens views on suf-
frage r eferen d u m on
Pages 2, 4 and 5.