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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-21
WHAT OTHER EDITORS ARE SAYING
KEEP THE PRIMARY. BUT

Keep the direct primary. It is much better
than the old convention system of nominating
candidates. The convention system is certain
ly not the Democratic way of selecting party
nominees The people are sovereign and most
assuredly they are capable of doing their own
voting rather than to send few politicians to
convention.
But, there is quite bit of doctoring that needs
to be done to the primary laws. The absentee
ballot law should be repealed and no one should
be permitted to assist any voter in marking his
ticket If he is not capable of marking his own
ticket then he is not capable of voting. It is as
fair for the goose as it is for the gander.
We hope that Moore County's representatives
in the next General Assembly will be found
fighting for these changes. If these changes are
not made the opponents of the primary will soon
get foothold towards the old currupt conven-
ton system of nominating candidates.
And another thing, why not have direct pres
idential primary for the state.
They tell us that primaries are too expensive.
In these days when the governments are doing
the. money OUT hiring the politicians by the
thousands we think that such an objection de-
serves to enter the wastebasket. Howling about
paying three men as pollholders for one day,
sometimes two in this day and time is like
straining at gnat and swallowing camel Just
don't make sense-The Sandhill Citizen.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-21

of June 80, 1887, he said were five and one-half
billion dollars while the deposits for the nation,
exclusive Of these Is southern states, were 43
billion, 791 million The deposits for North Caro-
lima were 374 millions"
DR.. Graham stressed the view that ''the banks,
colleges, farmers, factories labor and manage
ment are all partners together in the building
of the communities and the commonwealth
They are trustees" he added, Gin the respon-
sibility of overcoming economic unbalance and
social deficits and of Selling opportunities to
raise the level of human well being"
Citing figures, DIR. Graham told the North
Carolina bankers that in Is southern states the
bank deposits per person average $3.50, in the
United States SAT-, and in this state $1O7.
Life insurance assets in the United States, he
said, are more than % billions whereas in the
whole South they are less than one billion
The gross farm income for the United States
is $526 and for the South $186, he said.
Back of these significant figures" he said,
fare such things as one-crop agricultural econ
omy, slavery, Civil War; reconstruction, tariff
tolls against the South, freight rate discrimina-
ton, soil depletion, farm tenancy, malaria, the
boil weevil diet deficiencies, and educational
overload.
with one-Sixth of the public school revenues
of the country raised by disproprotionately
higher rate tax for schools, the people of the
south are providing for and educating one-third
of the nations children"
Declaring the outlook is hopeful and challeng-
ing, DR.. Graham said:
''The South has the resources the people, and
the opportunities. BY cooperation in research,
education, study, and agricultural, and financial
craftsmanship we can climb up together"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-21
ED WOODIE SAYS HE'S GOING
TO QUIT HAULING BUSINESS

Ed Woodie who has been deliver
ing express and freight shipments
here for several years, declared yes
terday he was "going to quit the
drayage business
During recent months Ed has
had hard luck with his transporta-
ton equipment. A short time ago
his wagon broke down and he bor-
rowed a pony and cart from E. O..
Woodie. Last Thursday afternoon
the pony was frightened by pass
ing car, broke loose from the hitch
ing post back of Jesse Reeves store,
ran down the street, tore up the cart
and finally broke loose from the
harness. The pony cart first crashed
into a wrecker belonging to Bryce
Lyle and then into highway work
er's car. It was finally caught by
B. G. Faw across the railroad tracks.
"This week I've been using a
push-cart, but I think TIL just quit, I"
he said diseouragingly.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-21
Insurance Business
To Be Investigated
SEC. Experts To Make Study AS
Part Of Government Mono
poly Groups Probe.

Washington, July 17-Securities
commission aides are burning the
midnight oil in preparation for a
study of the $30,OO0,O0O,0O0 insur-
ance business and it's relation to the
capital market.
Experts at the commission say
that this task-assigned to the COM
mission as its part in inquiries led by
the governments monopoly commit
tee-will take the agency into a new
field.
During its relatively short exist
ance the commission has delved in
to the major fields of finance. It has
become familiar with the technique
of stock exchange procedure, dis
sected investment trusts and put
vast utility systems under the mi
croscope. But up to the present it
has not had occasion to analysis the
insurance channels and tributaries
which pour millions Of dollars annu-
ally into the mainstream Of the
capital market.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-21
Brief History OF jefferson
Methodist Church Is Inspiring

4 4 i &
by communing with his Methodist
family
The ministers were men of Cod
who labored to save souls rather
than to secure members
A report made in 1887 contains
these encouraging and astonishing
statements: Prayer and Glass
Meetings are held regularly in all
our churches except one. Family
prayer are held in about thirty per
cent of our homes. Eleven have
been received into membership this
quarter.
In the minutes of 1895, E. L. Balm,
pastor in charge, we read: A Wom-
ans Missionary Society has been or
ganized in the Jefferson Church.
The oldest inhabitants do not
know when the first M. E. church
was built in Jefferson but do
remember that it stood on the pres
ent church lot. It's pulpit was at the
north and a gallery for negroes ex-
tended across the entire south end.
There were two front doors, the
women usually entering one and the
men the other.
Minutes of the Quarterly Confer
ence of March %, 1895 show that
the trustees were authorized to sell
the Jefferson Church and turn the
proceeds from such sale over to the
building committee. Also, resolu7s
tons were recorded thanking tho
Baptists for the offer of their church
for a place of worship during the
building of the new Church. Prep
arations for the new church build
ing went forward slowly; money was
not plentiful; contractors and work
men were scarce; but there was a
group of members who had faith and
perseverance. They knew it could
done! Rev. L. P. Boyle, pastor
from 1901 to 1904, was the guiding
spirit in this enterprise. AS is al
ways the case, the Woman's Mission
airy Society, came to the rescue and
worked untiringly with the build.
ing committee until the house was
ready for occupancy Then the mat
ter of seating the church was the
next great problem which required
many years to be solved.
Within the last year an addition
has been made which has already
paid for itself in the pleasure it has
afforded both young and old. It is
entirely fitting that one of the first
acts of our new Bishop Purcell is
to dedicate this building to the
glory of God
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-21
Pests Are Descending Like
Rain" On Grain Fields. Clean
Everything Up.

Sidney, Mont, July 17.-Voracious
grasshoppers which descend on grain
fields "like rain" are swiftly running
promising crops in this part of east
ern Montana.
"They took all my oats. There are
so many hoppers that poison seems
no USE"
That was the complaint today Of
H., A. Schultz, of Lambert.
Others told of similar devastation
in this section, until this year ha-
rassed by drought for five to 10
years.
The farmers ikened the sound of
the approaching flight of the insects
to the drone of invading airplane
motors.
my wife and I thought it was
rain when they struck our house,"
said p. o. Svingen, of Savage. ''They
ate up our garden, and you can
hardly tell where it had BEEN"
Mrs. J. ]. Lake, whose 400 acres
of wheat suffered so per cent dam
age, said 1--WE thought we heard the
drone Of motors when the hoppers
moved in. Millions of the insects
darkened the sky. Three more days
at this rate and we'll have a total
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-21
Mrs. Haynes Will
Be Buried Today

Mrs Elizabeth Ann Haynes, rs, Of
Grassy Creek, will be buried today
Funeral service will be conducted
at the Grassy Creek Baptist church
by Revs. Mr.. Riley and Starlings.
Mrs. Haynes had been in bad
health since February and her death
this week was not altogether unex-
pected.
She is survived by six children:
Bob Haynes, of Crumpler; Arthur
Haynes, of Grassy Creek; Tom
Haynes, Redwood City, Calf; Char
lie Haynes, Grassy Creek; Carl
Haynes, of WEIGH, w. Va; and Miss
Minnie Haynes, of Grassy Creek.
She was the wife of H. p Haynes.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-21
F. S. A. Borrowers
Urged To Start '39
Farm Plans At Once
Early Rental Agreement Is First
Step In Starting Well Round
ed Farm Program.

"Now is the time for farmers ex-
pecting to borrow from the Farm
Security Administration for 1899 to
begin making their farm plans, said
County Supervisor, w Bryan DIV
er, West Jefferson, who is in charge
of the Farm Security Administra-
tons rehabilitation program in
Ashe, Allegheny, and Wilkes coun-
ties.
''The plans should provide for
seeding winter cover crops, winter
legumes and fall grains this fall, in
addition to balanced farm plan for
1899 and thereafter, In order to
make satisfactory for fall plant
ing, it is advisable if possible for
tenant farmers to make rental agree
ments during July and August, Mr..
Oliver said. eff loans are needed to
assist in financing these plans, the
FSA is prepared to make small loans
to farmers who are unable to Sc
cure financing elsewhere, he point
ed out.
Explaining that the task of the
Farm Security Administration is not
only to help disadvantaged farmers
by lending them money but by as
sisting them to adopt successful
farming practices, Mr.. Oliver
stressed the need of starting early.
sour goal is try to get every FSA
borrower, whether tenant or owner,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-21
soUTH's INCOME is LOW

Judging by the figures given by DR.. Frank
Graham in an address before the state bankers
at their recent convention, President Roosevelt
is more or less correct in his statement that the
the south is an economic drawback to the nation.
For the past several years. DR.. Graham, has
been collecting data on the economic condition
of the south and this, was one reason for his re-
cent appointment as chairman of a group of
leaders to study economic problems and to sug-
gest ways of improving them.
s"The bank deposits in Is southern states, as
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-21
To Surface Treat
Glendale Springs
Road Real Soo1
Number 16 To Glendale To Be
Closed For About A Week.
Sparta Road Completed.

Re-surfacing of highway 16 from
Glendale Springs to the concrete
section just beyond Jefferson is ex-
pected to commence real soon and
while this work is being done, traffic
will be- detoured around by Obids,
E. Ford King, assistant district en-
glneer, announced Tuesday.
Mr.. King stated that re-surfacing
of the Warrensville road will start
at once.
Re-surfacing of the old highway
from Jefferson to Sparta is now vir-
tually completed and the road will
be opened to traffic again this week
end, he stated.
People living along this highway
are practicularly delighted over this
fact as they have been without mail
service and have had a difficult
time getting in and out.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-21
lluh
and
KeneG
BY
TROY
ISAIAH
JONES

The President has put the spend
ing at $4,000, 100000 for the next
year. Of course, that is rough
estimate rough on the taxpayers.
The Mr.. President also says that
he is looking for a solution to the
unemployment problem. There is
left that corner made famous by
Hoover. He might try "a little look
ing around.
Little shovel handle don't you
You'll be here when your Uncle is
overthroWn.
The election reforms don't get
much attention until the Chickens
begin to come home to roost. 1t
looks like that there are enough
coming home right here in North
Carolina to fulfill Hoover's promise
of two to every pot.
If testing Plate had ever seen a
quarrel between two women he
would have not asked Christ what
truth was!
Between the Lost Colony in the
east and the Lost Privince in the
west, the rest of the state lies, and
lies and lies.
The gag rule of congress is put
there for the benefit of the public.
The reason the pump-priming is
not doing any good is that the well
is dry.
Teaching has now become a "line'
lineup for a job.
If you want to get any words in
where a woman is you will have to
use sharp ones.
The congressional ballot has turned
into a fray,
No wonder some politicians can live
on hay.
Yodling is shifting from high to
low gear on the vocal cords without
stripping the gears.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-21
Union MethOdists
To Build A Church

Union Methodist church has plans
we'll under way for modern church
building to be erected at the site of
the present building in the Cricket
community in Wilkes county.
Rev. A. w. Lynch, pastor of the
Wilkesboro charge, of which Union
is a part, said that the church has
been offered a conditional gift of ST.
900 from Duke Foundation as part
of the cost of the new building. 1t
is understood, however, that the
grant is conditioned upon what the
church contributes and raised to-
ward the cost of the building.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-21
John Shumate,7S,
Laid To Rest Tues.
Died Sunday At His Home AT
Crumpler From Third Stroke
OF Paralysis.

Funeral service was held Tuesday
at Healing Springs Baptist church
for John Shumate, 78 year old citi
zen of the Healing Springs commun-
fty who died last Sunday from a
third stroke of paralysis.
The service was conducted by
Revs. ]. o Spencer, Jess Shumate
and w. E. Denney. A large crowd
of friends and relatives attended the
funeral and the floral tributes were
numerous.
Mr.. Shumate suffered a stroke
about 9 years ago, from which he
never entirely recovered On the
previous Monday he had another
stroke and then a third one on Sat-
urday.
He was born and reared in Wilkes
county and was a fine gentleman
whom everyone liked and respected.
He is survived by his wife and
z children: Mrs. Ruth Gambill of
Crumpler; Mrs. Carrie Woodie, of
Cleveland, Ohio; Dale and Cox Shu-
mate, of WEIGH W. Va, Kyle Shu-
mate, of Crumpler; Furchas Shu-
mate, of Logan, W. Va, and Mrs.
Maude Hall, of A1goma, w. Va.
He also leaves two brothers and
three sisters j. E Shumate, of
Crumpler and Callie Shumate, of
McGrady; sisters Mrs. frankie Ro-
berts, of Mulberry, NJ c., Mrs.
Louise league, Absher and Mrs.
Daisy Stamps, of McGrady.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-21
THE NEW PARKWAY THEATRE

It has been aptly said that "all work and no
play makes Jack dull boy.
Everyone needs to play. The body demands
physical exercise and the mind requires diver
sion of Interest," change and recreation, other
wise we are likely to become stale and some
what soured on the world in general and even
with ourselves and immediate environment.
Frequently the biggest trouble with most OF
us is that we take ourselves too seriously and
overestimate our own Importance in this COM
plex age in which we live. This is partly due
to our failure to play or to get away from the
daily routine and look back at things from
distance. Too much of any one thing often times
becomes somewhat boring and tends to cause
feeling of dissatisfaction.
Today the movies offer an exceptionally fine
outlet for mental diversion. In addition to pro-
viding wholesome entertainment many of the
best pictures provide uplifting moral instruc-
ton.
Published in the second section of this issue,
is the full illustrated story of how Messrs. Rus
sell Barr and Ben Reeves are now prepared to
give the Jeffersons and Ashe county the best in
motion picture entertainment, in surroundings
that are equivalent to those found in the largest
cities in the country.
Their beautiful new Parkway theatre is GER
tainly an asset to this community and we take
pleasure in congratulating them and wishing
for them the best of success.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-21
Voracious Hoppers Devorlring
ALI Crops In Eastern Montana

loss" =
Another farmer, Tom He Mc-Mor-
ris, of Lambert, reported total loss
Of 100 acres of wheat, 81 counted SIS
hoppers on one stalk" he said
Aviators reported the pests were
thicker at 1000 to 5000 feet altitude
than they were nearer tn ground.
Many farmrs in eastern Montana,
plagued for almost a week by the
devouring hordes, are cutting grains
before they have fully matured, hop
ping to save portion of the crops.
At Helena J. G. Diamond, federal
agricultural statistician, said the in
sects came from the Dakotas or
"other great plains areas" The mi
grafton, he added, appeared headed
for the Canadian province of Sas-
katchwan.
Poison bait is the chief defensive
weapon of the farmers.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-21

to have his farm plan worked out
during late summer and early fall"
he said. Hard work combined with
credit, good equipment and good
farming practices, in most cases,
mean the difference between failure
and success, but in order to get good
farm practices under way we have
to plan ahead" he added.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-21

WANTED to buy Modern Home with
small acreage, electricity on high
way near West Jefferson. Must be
priced reasonable for cash. Write j.
F. P. Care Skyland Post. 21-21-1t
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-21

FOR SALE-1938 Philco Radio bat
terry set. Good as New. Will sell at
bargain price. Ashe Motor Co.
7-21-1tcI
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-01-13

er's Price Problem" at the noon
assembly. Headlining the eve
ming entertainment, under the di-
rection of the school of agricul-
ture, will be c. Ray Hansen,
lawyer, criminologist, and inter
national lecturer, who will speak
on 'New Angles to Old Crooks"
Thursday-At noon, M. L. Will
son, under-secretary of agricul-
ture, Washington, will speak be-
fore the entire group, and in the
evening Miss Esther Thompson,
director of women's work, Mani
toba department of agriculture,
Winnipeg, will address the mass
assembly.
Friday = The climax of the
whole short course will be the
Farm and Home Week supper.
Guy Stanton Ford, acting presi-
dent of the University of Mime
sofa, will extend greetings. The
principal address will be given by
DR.. David Bryn-Jones, director,
department of International Rela-
tions, Kellogg Peace Foundation,
Carleton college.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-01-13
Magazines Available

Magazines available at the pub
lie library are:
American Boy, American Girl,
American Home, American Ma
gazine, Atlantic, Better Homes
and Gardens, Boys Life, Child
Life, Christian. Century, Con-
sumer's Digest, Current History,
Field and Stream, Fortune, For
UNI, Good Housekeeping, Harp
er's, Hygeia, Ladies Home Jour-
nal, Literary Digest, Minnesota
History, Missionary Review of
the World, National Geographic,
Nature Magazine, New Republic,
Open Road for Boys, Parents Ma
gazine, Popular Mechanics, Popu-
lar Science Monthly, Readers Di-
gest, Scientific American, St.
Nicholas, Saturday Evening Post,
School Arts Magazine, Scholastic,
Scribners, Time, Woman's Home
Companion, New York Times
Sunday, Business Week, Col
umbia, Golfing, Life, Minnesota
Conservationist, The Sign, and
Spirit of Missions.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-01-13
Rex Gales Draws
Plans for Housing
Development in City

Architects sketches of a pro-
posed 100000 private housing
development in the Bryn Mawr
section of Minneapolis, which APP
peared on the front page of the
Minneapolis Tribune Saturday
morning were prepared by Rex
Gales, son of Charles F. Gales of
Redwood Falls.
AS designed by Gales for his
firm, Larson and McLaren, archi-
tects, the plans were submitted
to the Minneapolis city planning
committee for consideration Fri
day afternoon.
The project would call for IL
two-story units of Georgian col
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-01-13
4ODrunks on
County's 1887
Jail Register
CRIME AT LOW EBB IN
COUNTY, RECORDS OF
SHERIFF INDICATE

Drunkenness was the count on
nearly half the prisoners lodged
in the Redwood county Jail in
1887. OF the "a persons shut up in
the local bastile for one or more
days, 40 were charged with inc
briation.
The county was singularly free
from crime this year. Arrests
made by Sheriff L. J. Kise came
quite regularly after affronts
against county law and order, but
these were few. The year con-
tinued a steady decline in violence
and petty criminality.
cit was the quietest year since
I've been in office" Kise said.
There were 16 prisoners SEN
fenced for grand and petty lar
ceny and six persons were tenn
porarily deprived of their freedom
for writing checks without funds.
The highway patrol, recently
moved to Glencoe from Redwood
Falls, brought in nire reckless
drivers, five hit and run drivers,
three persons who failed to stop
after an accident, two persons for
driving without license, one man
for driving while drunk, one per-
son for failing to stop at a stop
sign and one speedster.
Sheriff Kise held five men for
non-support of their wives and
children, one man for shopliftirg,
and one for bastardy. Three per-
sons were booked for investiga-
ton.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-01-13
Farm Bureau Units
Forming in County

A township unit of the Redwood
county Farm Bureau will be or
ganized by residents of Johnson
vile at a meeting in the Sabin
schoolhouse tonight. w. A. Dick
enson of Window, state bureau re-
preventative, will be the speaker.
The formation of a unit will be
the first step in new county or
ganization plan, whereby seven or
eight township clubs will be form
ed.
Plans for a unit in Sheridan
township were discussed Thurs
day evening at a party at the H.
A. Winn home. Arthur Precht and
Anton Johanneck were named to
the organization committee.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-01-13
A. w. Olson Heads
BabcOck Memorial
Drive in County

A. w. Olson of Walnut Grove
has been selected as county chair
man of the Charles M. Babcock
Memorial association and will dir
ect the drive for funds in Red
wood county to help finance a
suitable memorial to the father of
Minnesota's good roads.
Mr.. Olson is making arrange
ments for a Redwood Falls chair
man to handle solicitation here
and residents of other towns in
the county will also be asked to
donate amounts from 25 cents up.
Redwood county has every reason
to support the program, Mr.. Olson
points out, in view of the roads
established here during the Bah
cock regime.
Many other counties of the
state have already been solicited
and have responded literally.