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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-02-04
JESSE CRAWFORD, ORGAN
lST AT new THEATRE

By advertisement elsewhere in this
issue of the Democrat" the public
is advised that the worlds most ia
nous organist, Jesse Crawford, known
to radio fans as "the poet of the or
gan" will be on the stage, in person,
at the New Theatre, Salisbury, for
three performances daily, Wednesday
and Thursday, next week. According
to Newell Howard, theatre publicist
Mr.. Crawford will be heard on the
air in a program to be broadcast from
the theatre stage over WSAL some
time Wednesday.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-02-04

which the young couple left for Miami
where they will take the Pan Amerl-
can clipper to Nassau for brief stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sturgis will make
their home in Elgin.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-02-04

young pedagogues. Wasn't that way
back few decades. / applied for a
principalship when I was % years of
age. 1 am aware 1 didn't know how
to teach, and maybe my feelings were
spared, but the Board said I was too
young-they wanted more experien-
ced man. They took one in his CO.'S.
Let's see a man that old in one of our
high schools. He'd be a curio in the
Smithsonian. A teachers college
FUSED to be a normal school') 10
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-02-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Chester J. Outten are
receiving congratulations on the birth
of fine son, born Friday, January
fourteenth.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-02-04
LOCAL CACERS
VICTORIOUS AND
ALSO DEFEATED
Texacos Badly Stung By The
Delmar Hornets. Guards De-
feat Salisbury Team

The Delmar Hornets, basket ball
Quint, didn't forget to leave their
singers home on Wednesday evening
when they visited Pocomoke to play
the local Texaco Five. The way they
punctured the hides of the Gas House
Gang was a caution. When the whistle
blew for the wind-up the score read:
Hornets, A; Texacos, 16.
The Texacos certainly were not
clicking on all cylinders; either that,
or they soon ran out of gas, and there
was no filling station in sight in the
way of reserve material. Those who
were in the game pushed the accele-
rator clear to the floor boards, but
the old machine wouldn't respond
'Twasn't long before the visiting cal
turned a curve and the locals were
unable ever to overtake them.
There was a different story to tell
in connection with the set-to that fol
lowed. The Pocomoke National Guard
seemed to resent the poison those Ho1
nets injected under the skin of the
preliminary boys, and went to work
to secure vengeance from the Trinity
team, of Salisbury, quint belonging
to the Church League of that city,
and rated no mean aggregation of Ca
gers.
At the start of the game Trinity
stormed thru the Guards defense but
they soon changed this tactic and at
the end of the half, were leading by
the score of % to II. AL Hayman,
Ed MCGEE and Collie Miller each hav-
ing marked up three Field Goals. In
the second half the Guards used all
their squad and the final score was
IL dc 90
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-02-04

Next Wednesday night the Girls
field Speed boys will come over to
play the Pocomoke Guards.
The Salisbury team were short two
of their best players, Homer White
and George Spence and will play a re-
turn game here in a couple of weeks.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-02-04

We have one OF the finest equipped
plants on the Shore for turning oua
nigh clase printing.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-02-04
CHIRPS
Continued From Page 1

Continued From Page 1
year-graduate, with first grade GER
tificate, is supposed to have gained
more experience inside the walls than
two score years of practical experience
could possibly give. Well, mebbe So
mebbe so! Youth must have it's day,
And so it goes all along the line. Not
many jobs open to the "old" man OF
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that by order of the Superior Court
of Ashe County, you are hereby re-
quired to appear at the office Of
the Clerk Of Superior Court in the
town Of Jefferson, County Of Ashe,
and State Of North Caroline, on the
18th day Of July, 1888, and answer
the complaint in said action which
has been duly filed, which suit is
for damages for breach of promise
Of marriage and for seduction un-
der promise Of marriage, and you
are further notified that if you fail
to appear at said time and place
and answer said complaint, that the
plaintiff will apply to the court for
the relief demanded in said COM
plant.
This the 18th day of June, 1888.
]. D. Stansberry
6-19-4T Clerk of Superior Court
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Ashe County
North Carolina
Having qualified as administrator
of the estate of Bronson Cox, de-
ceased, late of Ashe County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all per-
sous having claims against the es-
tate of said deceased to exhibit them
to the undersigned at Laurel
Springs, North Carolina, on or be-
fore the 23rd day of June, 1899, 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 June, 1888.
JOHN COX,
Administrator of Bronson
6-23-6t Cox.
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NOTICE

NOI1CE
North Carolina
Ashe County
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
BEFORE THE CLERK
N. M. Yates and wife, Georgia, Yates,
Ben Yates and wife, Rettie Yates,
Hattie Johnson and husband, CT
cero johnson.
VS..
Alice Hartsog and husband, Charlie
Hartsog, Van Yates, j. F. Yates,
Esther Rash and husband, Tyre
Rash. and Dewey Yates.
The defendants, Alice Hartsog and
husband, Charlie Hartsog, and ]. F.
Yates, will take notice that an &C
ton as above entitled has been COM
menced in the Superior Court of
Ashe county, North Carolina, for
the sale for partition Of certain lands
in which the defendants own an in
terest; and
The said defendants will furthur
take notice that they are required
to appear at the Office of the Clerk
Of the Superior Court of Ashe coun-
ty, at the courthouse, in Jefferson,
North Carolina, on the Goth day of
July, 1888, or within ten (10) days
thereafter, and answer or demur to
the complaint in said action or. the
plaintiffs will apply to the Court
for relief demanded in said COM
plant.
This the 10th day Of June, 1898.
j. D. STANSBERRY,
4-23-4t Clerk Superior Court.
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Having qualified as administra-
trix of the estate of H. T. Latham,
deceased, late of Ashe County,
North Carolina, this is to notify all
persons having claims against the
estate of said deceased to exhibit
them to the undersigned at Lansing,
North Carolina, on or before the
End day of June, 1899, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their re-
covery.
All persons indebted to said es-
tate will make immediate payment.
This the 9th day of May, 1888.
MRS. ROSE LATHAM,
Administrative of H. T. Latham,
deceased.
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Ashe Motor Co.
Building Here Is
Being Remodeled

Remodeling work on the Ashe
Motor Company building here is
now in progress and is expected to
be completed this week.
A new brick wall has been con-
structed in front of the building and
it will extend several feet higher
than the roof, which will add to the
attrectiveness Of both the Ashe Mo
tor Company and the new theatre
building next door to it.
: An Office end display room are be-
ing made. Ed Jenkins is in charge
Of this work.
The Ashe Motor Company is owned
and operated by Earl, Carl and Ber-
nard GRAPHICAL. They have been OPP
Grating this company for the past
10 years.
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT BE-
FORE THE CLERK
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF
SUMMONS AND WARRANT OF
ATTACHMENT

North Carolina
Ashe County
Robert, Reeves and Paul Garvey
Executors of R. l.. Reeves, Deceased
VS..
F. j. Weaver
The defendant, F. J. Weaver, will
take notice that an action entitled
as above has been commenced in
the Superior Court Of Ashe County,
North Carolina, and that summons
was issued therein on the 18th day
of June, 1888, returnable on the 18th
day of July, 1888, and that at the
same time and place warrant of
attachment was issued at said time
and place; and that said action is
for the purpose of having the defen-
dant declared trustee for DR.. JIG.
Gambill and his creditors of the ex-
tent of the excess that the said F.
J. Weaver has in his hands over and
above the sale of certain property
under a mortgage or deed of trust
that the said F. J. Weaver held
against DR.. j. c. Gambill, and for
the purpose of collecting a judg-
ment out of said excess due the
plaintiffs testator by Dr. j. c. Gam
bill, all of which is set forth in the
complaint in said, cause, which has
been duly filed in the office of the
Clerk of Superior Court of Ashe
! County. That said defendant is re-
quired to appear on the return day
of said summons and warrant of at
tachment and answer or demur to
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE
North Carolina
Ashe County :"

North Carolina
Ashe County
Under and by virtue of power
contained in a certain deed of trust
executed on the 10th day of July,
1880. and due five years after date,
by Walter Phipps and wife, Lora
Phipps to T. c. Bowie, Trustee,
which deed of trust is@duly record
ed in the office of the Register of
Deeds of Ashe County III Book 80,
page $50, default having been made
in the payment of both principal
and interest of said deed of trust,
T. c. Bowie, trustee, will sell to the
highest bidder for cash at courthouse
door in Jefferson on the 25th day of
July, 1888, at one o'clock P. NJ, the
following described real estate:
A certain tract of land lying and
being in Ashe County, North Caro-
lima and described as follows:
BEGINNING on~a stake running
North So East 651s rods to a stake;
then South SIS East rods and 10
links to stake; S. IS E. 8 rods and
81 links to Spanish Oak; then North
% East % rods to a service; North
AZ w. Is rods and II links to a stake
North 48 West rods and Is links to
a service; North 81 West 2 rods to a
stake; North % West 6 rods and 4
links to a stake; North West 9
rods and IL links to stake; North
9 West 8 rods and 10 links to a
Chestnut; then South 81 West 8 rods
to a Locust; South AZ West Is rods
to "a rock on the bank of the road |;
South 33 West Is rods and Is links
to a stake On the ridge; North 81
West 8 rods to a stake; North SO
West II rods to q Chestnut; North
5312 West "a rods and II links to
a stake; North 46 West 20 rods to a
Chestnut; North 5612 West IA
rods and II links to a Chestnut;
North 5612 West 4 rods to a stake;
North 81 West 4 rods to a stake;
4NOI III % w GSC anu y lOOS CllO y
links to stake; North "A West 6
rods to a stake; North 33 West
rods and IL links to a stake; North
l721a West rods to a Chestnut;
North 5912 West 6 rods to a stake;
North 1912 West 10 rods and 18
links to a stake in Stump's line;
South 271A East 33 rods and 81 links
to White Oak; South 1914 West IA
rods to Locust; South A East 10
rods to stake; South 38 East rods
and II links to Gum; South So
East 4 rods to Gum; South As East
20 rods and 10 links to a Chestnut;
South q East % rods and 20 links
to an Oak Snag; South % West 5
rods to Chestnut; South AZ East "a
rods to stake; South As East %
rods to a stake; North 87k East 6
rods and 6 links to the beginning
containing So acres and 471a rods,
more or less.
This the 14th day of June, 1888.
T. c. Bowie, Trustee
, 90 ~
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PIANO: Valued customer unable to
complete payments on beautiful
modern piano and will have to re-
turn it to US. We prefer to trans
fer the accounty to responsible party
and saved needless expense. Pay
ments can be arranged on very easy
basis. If interested in obtaining this
wonderful piano at bargain, write
Credit Department, Lee Piano Co.,
Lynchburg, Va. 6-30-tp
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Having qualified as administra-
tor of the estate of James Burchett,
deceased, late of Ashe County,
North Carolina, this is to notify all
persons having claims against the
estate of said deceased to exhibit
them to the undersigned at Elkin,
North Carolina, on or before the
End day of July, 1899, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their re-
covery.
All persons indebted to said es-
tate will make immediate payment.
This the End day of July, 1888.
G. p. WOOD,
Administrator of James Burchett,
deceased. 7-7-6t
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-07

NOTICE OF SUMMONS AND
WARRANT OF ATTACHMENT
North Carolina
Ashe County
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
Grace Powers
VS..
Joseph Marlowe I
To Joseph Marlowe:
You are hereby notified that an
action as above entitled was insti-
tuted in the Superior Court of
Ashe County on the 9th day of
March, 1887, returnable thirty days
from the date thereof, and you are
also notified at the same time and
place warrant of attachment was
issued in the above entitled cause,
returnable on the 18th day of April,
1897, and you are further notified
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the complaint filed therein, or the
relief therein prayed for will be
granted.
This the 18th day of June, 1888.
J. D. Stansberry
CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT
6-23-4T q.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-07

FOR SALE-Small Truck Farm
with 4 room house, good spring and
30 young apple trees. Right on the
edge of town of West Jefferson. See
or write L. L. Blevins, Smethport,
N. C.. 7-7-1t
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RATES
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-New 21story, Broom
brick house in West Jefferson. ALI
modern conveniences. Reasonable
price. Call at the Skyland Post.
S-31-tf
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ANY 8 Exposure Roll Developed 4
and Printed Postpaid Csc. Re- /
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Boone Photo Shop
Boone, N. G. /
DOES BLADDER IRRITATION
WAKE VnTT lido TA1n 80 ..o~~.oH
Boone, N. C.

It's natures warning Danger
Ahead" Your Csc back if this day
test does not help nature flush ex-
cess acid and other wastes from the
kidneys. Excess acids can cause the
irritation resulting in getting up
nights, frequent or scanty flow,
burning backache or Leg pains. Just
say BuketS (25c) to any druggist.
Locally at Ray Drug Co. 6-9-4t
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-07

FOR SALE-1l-acre lot inside Of
jefferson corporation, adjoining
home Of Mr.. ]. M. Morphew. Ideal
for building site. Reasonable price.
Terms. See r. B. Brown, Todd.
7-7-4tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-07

political patronage. He accompani-
ed that with an order forbidding all
political activities by government
employees or the use of political in
fluence to gain employment in the
public service. =
Spy Situation
Experienced Washington observ-
ers expect no such millennial state
Of things to come into existence ov-
sernight, but it is hailed by the adj
voeates OF Civil Service Reform as
the longest step ever taken in one
stride toward the ideal of taking
public service outside of the realm
of party politics,
There is more concern in Wash
ington than appears on the surface
over the recent disclosures of the
activities of German spies in the
East and of Japanese spies in the
Panama Canal Zones. The Intelli-
gence Services of both the Army
and the Navy have collected a great
amount of evidence of such espion-
age activities on both coasts, and the
"G-Men"-the Federal Bureau of
Investigation-has succeeded in
identifying and arresting some of
the German spies and in obtaining
evidence which links them directly
to Berlin and to a vast information
al efforts of the Nazi government to
ferret out military and naval Sc
crets in this country, Great Britain
and France.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-07

Radio. Service-all makes Of
radios repaired, batteries char
ged. All work fully guaranteed.
Located over Rhodes Furniture.
Store. West Jefferson, N. G.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

FREE! II excess acid causes yea
pains q Stomach Ulcers, Indiges-
ton, Heartburn, Belching. Bloating,
Nausea, Gas Pains, get free Sample,
Udga, at RAY DRUG COMPANY.
6.93-l2 TP
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-29

people.
Another mode of preparation
and this was an invention Of the
whitcs-was with a rude crater
contrivcd from Il board with
teeth or pegs driven into it. BY
means Of this. ''gUitted" bread,
made of the new corn Just before
Il rjpened into maturity. was
probably the basic stage of Spoon
bread" Of southern fame.
The mortar and peStle Of the
savage was slow and tedious. and
mind Of the white man soon turn
ed 10 its Improvement. As first
step. the stump of a tree was hol-
lowed by burning it out to the
desired depth. Then a young sap
hickory. If one could he
found growing IN the right loca-
ton would he bent over and a
block. shaped for a pestle. fas
tened to the pliable top branches.
by this. probably no faster hut
easier than the one operated en-
tirely by hand. meal was made.
The first mills which used grind
ing stones We're crude aftaus. The
| ever-usnful black gum furnished
hollow section the right height.
/ Into this two stones were fitted,
/ the top one having some kind of
! handle attached and hole left
where the grains of corn could he
( poured in. The miller turned the
/ handle on the revolving stone with
one hand while he fed grain in
with the other.
All these methods took time
needed for other tasks. As the
pioneers looked at the streams
pouring over falls and rushing
down gorges IN so many places
/ IT. was hut one more step for tho
ingenious mind TO devise the mil
operated by harnCssed water pow
or.
| The initial effort along thu
way was the pound" mill, OF
"heater" operated by cleverly
contrived trip hammer. driven by
the natural flow of small
stream. In making this. log o.
the desired length was chosen. anC
Iif one with a hollow place in j
could he found. SO much easier
the work. If not. depression
holding several gallons of watel
was dug or burned out in the
largo end. On the other a bloch
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HENDERSON COUNTY FLOUR MILL

was fastened by strong thongs of
hickory bark. At point on the
log as nearly the exact center as
could be ascCrtained. a hole was
bored and this was set on a post
where it would work easily. \
mortar was followed ont from mn
other section Of log. "Hd tins h"d
an IRON plate fitted in the bottom,
the finished receptacle being an.
chorcd firmly in position directly
under the end of the log to which
the block had been attached.
Some small stream was har-
messed by conveying It in Il
trough or hollow logs to where
the lettering beam. with its wa
ter box on one end and block on
the other was set up. When TIM;
rulcIy constructed trip hammer
mill WAS i'm place. the bowl on
mortar was filled with corn. The
water pouring in a steady stream
from the trough filled the hollow
ed out end of the beam, and a$
this was lowered. it lifted the pcs
tie or bratcr on the other. Slow
~. they became balanced. and the
continuing stream of water bore
the box down until it dumped its
load. thus allowing the suddenly
released weight To- drop back on
the corn which had been placed
in the mortar.
Hour after hour, through the
day and all night long the thud.
thud of this pound mill kept up,
until the coru in the hollow block
was reduced to meal. When re
moved, this was siftcd, the finest
used Cor making bread, and the
larger pieces cooked as h"mlny,
sometimes called samp.
/ These mills were simple, sturdy
and operated without StoppinG 50
long as the flow Of the stream was
uninterrupted. The interval be
tween the raising and lowering of
the weight was sometimes long
enough to prove tempting To
searChors for supper easy 10 oh
tain. Occasionally, the owner 60.
ing down for his meal would find
some thicving coon OF StrayIng
sheep had vcnturcd too far and
been beaten up under the weight
Of the descending block. Now and
| thcu ono of those "hpatCrS' can
(Con. on Page ;, Section Two)
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COLONISTS HAD
To LEARN New
COOKING WAYS
Indians Taught Them How
10 Prepare Ground With
Forked Stick

Il would he hard 70 picture any
settlement Of the early ColOnlSts
without corn. and to most of us,
~ IS the outstanding symbol of
American food crops. There seems
uu doubt that II Is a plant Of dis
.uctiv tropical origin and was cuI-
tiEatei IN Mexico nearly three
Thousand years ago The tOrtllia.
very similar to the hoe cake, and
tn, tamalc. made of Indian corn
crushed in the wooden mortar and
steamed i'm its wrappings of
ehuckS. are regional dishes of the
ATcxicsns whose present day pop
u,ar.ty has extended 10 many 9th
or -cctiouS.
Corn was not known to the Eu-
Korean people until Columbus car
net t. back from America with
him. It's case Of cultivation and
adoption 20 documentary modes
IF preparation made It's growth
and Use possible To primitive PEG
pie. and every evidence leads us
sa believe that IT was the staple
fraG crop with all tribes Of In
d.ans That It had become uni
vfrsaly grown crop before the
ir~- white people came to Amer
-,a is Shown by the fact that even
n., Z rs known a. Indian corn.
Its raising and preparation for
tao3 was new 10 the colonlStS and
--rr learned from the Red men
shat 10 make ready for planting
Il aa- only necessary to cut down
. Jew trees. and remove the logs,
...~ burn off the underground
arl leaves. When this had been
G-ug. the ground was turned with
= ..r.rl stick. the seed dropped
IN AL covered. then little more
WAS g. be- required until time for
ra.nbr,ng the matured crop.
lie ISOLATION Of the cclonJstS.
'r.,y thousand miles across the
v~s,r from the foodStuffs and
way, af their native lands. forced
;rrn To- develop new methods OF
cookery. determined by the stu
atom which prevailed II different
rggipus. The FIRST white women
termed from the Indian squaws
The trick of pounding tho dried
gains in a mortar made FROM a
r..ct of log followed to bow
.h-,ue. and round stone used as
= .astle. From this beglnnin" wC
have the regional foods built or
generations Of skill which have
rayn!shed them with the richness
Of ric!al traditions
Taught by the savagCS, the
green corn as it reached milky
furlacss. was roasted ir the ashes
~ boiled in the big iron pot
the sophisticated roasting ear 81
corn on the cob which delights
erfgurrs the world around. The
dried parchcd grains Of the In
ilaus became the Shaker corr
which is the foundation for :.
many dishes peculiar to the p"tc'