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Evening star., 1938-09-13

the Mexicans to let the foreigners
draw their oil eternally? Just because
old Diaz, less shrewd than the Presi-
dent of Colombia, signed to do so!
Strangely enough-or is it?-all Of
Latin America sees 1t their way.
(copyright. 1898. Mcclure Newspaper
Newspaper Syndicate)
Evening star., 1938-09-13
BUSINESSMEN TO HEAR
RED CROSS CALL AIDE
Georg Association to Meet
Tonight-Civitan Club
Sees Skit,

H. j. Smith, area chairman Of the
general business group for the annual
Red Cross roll call to be held from
September 26 to October II, will speak
before 4 meeting of the Georgetown
Business Mems Association at $3.50
o'clock tonight at 1865 Wisconsin ave-
nue. NV.
A skit dramatizing Red Cross activi-
ties affecting business men was pre-
Evening star., 1938-09-13
Mexican Oil Seizure Has Placed
Hull in Embarrassing Position
Scorns Break in Diplomatic Relations,
K''o'oing He Would Be Playing Into
Hands of Reich and Italy.
First of four articles.)
By UPTON CLOSE

History 1t
brink OF another md a jam
Our State Department
either that break of diplomatic
of nationals had
assured him that Mr. Cardnas would
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10
Teachers To Meet
Here Saturday A. NJ.
Varied Program Is Planned For
County-Wid Meeting. Prin-
cipals To Talk.

A varied program has been ar
ranged for the countrywide teach
ers' meeting which will be held
here at the West Jefferson school
Saturday morning beginning at $50
O'Clock, according to announcement
made by Supt. J. r. Hash.
Prof. F. C. Nye will lead the de-
votional exercises, B H. Duncan,
principal of the West Jefferson
school, will make a short talk on
community cooperation; Prof.
R. E. L. Plummer, principal of Heal
ing Springs school will explain his
fine system of having students "get
on and off Of the buses" and ]. Al.
Martin, principal of Lansing school,,
will discuss developing and main
tanning libraries" During the gem
keral meeting Rev. J. w. Luke and
his local scout troop will give flag
demonstration and Supt Hash will
discuss final reports" and 7th.
grade examinations.
All teachers are urged to attend
the meeting.
n 800
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10
Jurors For April
Court Term Drawn
One Week Criminal Term Con-
venes April Is. Judge Phil
lips To Preside. Il

A. jury list for the April term of
Asfe county superior court, which
convenes on Monday, April Is and
lasts for one week, was drawn Mon
day at the March meeting of the
board of county commissioners.
Judge F, Donald Phillips, of Rock
ingham, has been assigned to pre-
side over this court. Judge Phillips
has never held court in the county
before.
There were SO jurors drawn. Cliff
ton township led with four names.
The complete list is as follows:
Thomas Goss, Horse Creek; w. c.
Trivett, Old Fields; Ralph Miller,
Clifton; Edd Osborne, Clifton; How
ard Coward, Chestnut Hill; E. z.
Sexton, Horse Creek; Dallas Younce,
Pine Swamp; Lee Osborne, Jr,
Horse Creek; w. M. Burkett, Old
Fields; c. E. Jones, Pine Swamp;
Gene Craven, Peak Creek; Oscar Ell
dreth, Horse Greek; A. H. Ashley,
West Jefferson; G. w. Williams,
Old Fields; Thomas Goss, Jr., Horse
Creek; w. w. Roland, Clifton; F. M.
Jones, Chestnut Hill; J. M. Tucker,
Peak Greek; w. G. Galloway, Cres-
ton; Ben Farmer; North Fork; E.
w. Sapp, Clifton; Robert Mash,
Obids; R. l.. Wilcox, Harrigan; S..
N. Baldwin, Piney Creek; Jesse B.
Bare, Peak Greek; Gwyn Graham,
North Fork; F. A. Gentry, Old
Fields; H. L. Jones, Chestnut Hill;
George Bard, Peak Creek; Lon An
drews, Clifton; G. H. Harrington,
Peak Creek; Walter Poe, West JEFF
ferson; Albert Marsh, Obids; A. D.
Goodman, Pine Swamp; Lilliard S.
Ham, Horse Greek; and P. M. Wor-
ley, Old Fields
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10
Young Peoples
Union TO Hold
Banquet Monday
Jefferson Methodist Church To
Be Scene OF Affair. Inter-
esting Program.

The banquet for the Ashe County
Dung Peoples Union will be held
at the Jefferson Methodist church
next Monday evening at seven
o'clock.
Howard Sexton of Grassy Creek
will be the postmaster. The theme
for the program is, "Aldersgate ex-
perience Of John Wesley" Rev. w.
l. (. Hutchins, of Yadkinsville, will
be the speaker of the evening.
The Young People will sing the
hymns of Charles Wesley, led by
the West Jefferson junior choir, and
will witness some of the striking
events of Wesley's life dramatized
by young people from Grassy Creek
under the direction of Miss Julia
Hager.
Tickets are now on sale at fifty
cents each. At least a hundred
young people and their leaders are
expected to be present. The meal
is being served by the ladies of the
Jefferson church.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10
Bids Are Asked
For Surfacing
Scenic Highway

The United States bureau of pub
lie roads is receiving bids for the
surfacing of the Blue Ridge Park
way in Allegheny, Wilkes, Ashe and
Watauga counties until March II.
Bids have already been received
on the Laurel Springs overpass and
Glendale Springs bridge, also pro-
jects on the Parkway. Contracts
are expected to be let soon.
The surfacing project includes 50
miles of the scenic route, and will
require approximately 806,50O
square yards of conditioning road
surface; 100000 gallons of refined
tar; q, 800 tons of crushed stone and
chips; and 489, 900 of refined tar or
cut-back asphalt.
The bids must be sent to the bu-
reau of public roads, 1725 f. street,
N. W., Washington, d. c. Bids may
be obtained and plans and speci-
fications seen at the Office Of the bu-
reau Of roads in Roanoke, Va.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10
Virginia Carolina Teams Play
In Tournament Finals TONIGHT

The finals of the Appalachian
High School Association basketball
tournament will be played tonight
in the mems gymnasium at Appa-
lachian State Teachers College in
Boone.
The girls game between Va Caro-.
and Healing Springs will commence
at 7:3O o'clock and the Virginia
Carolina boys will meet Cove Creek
at $50.
In the semi-finals last night the
Lansing boys seem to have hit a
slight slump and the strong, alert
Cove Greek quint won by the score
of 50 to "a. The Grassy Creek lads
didn't have much trouble winning
from Jefferson, the final count be-
ing "A to IA. johnson, the county
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10
Republicans To Hold County
Convention At Courthouse Sat,
Township Primaries To Take
Place Tomorrow Afternoon.
To Elect Officers.

The Ashe county convention of
the Republican party will be held
at the courthouse Saturday after
noon at o'clock, for the purpose
of electing officers and selecting
delegates to the state and district
convention.
The township primaries are to be
held at the voting places in each
Of the county's 10 townships Friday
afternoon, beginning at 3 o'clock.
Township committees and delegates
to the county convention will. be
chosen at these meetings.
Grant Bauguess, chairman of the
Ashe County Republican Executive
COMMITTEES, Is expecting q large
crowd to attend the convention Sat
urday. Mr.. Bauguess states that he
is not candidate for reelection as
chairman.
r. E. Farmer, of Lansing, is vice
chairman; Mrs. j. Privett, vice.
chairwoman and c. E. WEIGH, sec
rotary and treasurer.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10

seat boys handspring, was too
closely guarded.
True to their record this season,
the VIC girls played top-notch ball
and licked West Jefferson "a to IA.
The other seni-fina1 game in the
girls tournament was a different
story Nathan's Creek and Healing
Springs fought a nip and tuck battle
from beginning to end, with the
Crumpler girls leading when the
final whistle blew by the count of
25 to a. This team has been the
dark horse in the tournament.
The winners of the tournaments
will receive handsome trophies. Sec
ond place teams will be awarded
tournament basketballs and the
most outstanding players will be
given gold basketbal1s. The Post is
picking VIC to win both games.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10
Over $4,000 In
Back Taxes Paid
Since January ]
Over Half OF Amount Due For
Years 193o-1935 Paid Since
Summons Were Served.

Since the first of the year Ashe
county has collected over SIC, 100000
worth of back taxes, according to
reports this week from the county
attorneys, Ira T. Johnston and w.
B. Austin.
The certified public accountants
report, made last spring by Mr..
Smith, of Lenoir, showed that de-
iiquent taxpayers owed the coun-
~ a total of $40, 1871 for the years
1929 through 1885. The figures for
each year are as follows: 1885, 81
171.28; 1884, $3,251.94; 1888, $2,515-
ST; 1882, $16,774.76; 1881, 1881 go;
$3.50, $3,617.11 and 1929, $2,012.13.
In accordance with the law, tax
foreclosure suits were served the first
part of January and since then ov-
err $4,000 has been paid, or in 9TH
er words about so per cent. The
county attorneys stated that it is
difficult to get in touch with some of
the delinquent taxpayers as they
have either died or moved out of
the county. Others, they said, are
pleading the statute of limitations.
Of the $22,630.58 worth of these
back taxes placed in the possession
of Mr.. Johnston, around $4,000
have been paid and Mr.. Austin has
received around $4,000 from the
7,563.83 placed in his hands.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10
Earl Pennington
KiIled Instantly
In Accident S a t.
Funeral Service Held Monday
At His Mothers Home At
Laurel Springs.

Earl Oscar Pennington, 10, who
was killed almost instantly near
Kannapolis, NJ c., last Saturday
night when he lost control of his
motorcycle which crashed into tel
ephone pole, was buried Monday at
noon near the home of his mother
at Laurel Springs, with Rev. w. T..
Wilmington in charge.
Pennington had been living in
Kannapolis since last November and
was employed by the Fisher Motor
cycle company there. Witnesses
said Pennington lost control of his
machine after passing an automo-
bile. The motorbike went off of the
left side of the road and struck a
pole 10 feet from the pavement.
His neck was broken and his skull
fractured.
He is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Oscar Pennington and one sis
ter, Miss Freda Pennington, both of
whom live at Laurel Springs.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10
DRIVES $40 MILES FOR
CLASSES AT COLLEGE

Greeley, Colo.-Eugene Clements
of Pine Ridge, S. D., thinks nothing
at all of driving $40 miles to attend
a college class.
Clements is studying for his mas
ter's degree at Colorado State Col
lege of Education.
He is employed as field agent for
the Indian service in South Dakota
but on Thursday he leaves Pine
Ridge for Greeley, attends classes
Friday and Saturday and then re-
turns to his home Sunday. 1t is a
620-mile round trip.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10
NEEDY IN COUNTY
RECEIVED $137S.5O

There were 228 person in
Ashe county who received to-
tai of $1378.5O during February
under the old age assistance
and aid to dependent children
sections of the states Social Sc
curity program, Miss Ruth Tug
man, Welfare superintendent,
announced this week.
When the county welfare
board held its March meeting,
several additional applications
were approved and 2 rejected.
In North Carolina last month
39,474 persons received $3l2,-
1896, it was announced from
Raleigh. Over $4,000 Of them
were needy aged and Is, deepen
dent children.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10

Monday was a busy day for the
members of the board of county
commissioners. who convened in
regular session at the courthouse.
Burgess Is Tax Supervisor
H. H. Burgess, Of Obids, was ap-
pointed tax supervisor for a period
OF one year and was instructed to
start making plans for listing taxes
the first of April. List takers for
each OF the county's 10 townships
will be appointed and when the
board meets the first Monday in
April, plans for listing will be COM
pletely mapped out, according to
the present plans for listing will be
completely mapped out, according
to the present schedule. Mr.. Bur-
CESS has served as tax supervisor
for the past two years.
Must Remit School Funds
The board instructed L. P. Col
ward, county accountant, to notify
all mayors and justices of peace to
turn in to the county treasurer all
fines and forfeitures which they
have imposed or collected and
which have not been turned in prior
to the first Monday in April. "This
is required in accordance with Sec
ton 81 of chapter 394 of Public
Laws of North Carolina in 1897"
the resolution stated. According to
the law, all money collected from
fines by mayors and Justices of
peace goes to the school fund. Sew
era1 Of them in the county have
been slow about submitting reports,
the board members stated. !.
& Ex-Sherift aIakes Request |;
Sheriff s4Sn hli11er app sreS.
before the board and requested the
commissioners to pass resolution,
ordering him to collect money for
the back taxes which are covered
by checks and otherwise in the
batch that are in his possession.
This group of checks, notes, etc.,
that, are said to total around $4,000,
were the ones that the commission
ers declined to accept "as they
were" last summer. Mr.. Miller said
he had already collected some Of
them.
The board told him he had a per-
feet right to continue to collect the
taxes, but as for the order of adj
vert1sing they said they didn't know
what authority they had regarding
such a matter, but would take it
under advisement. /,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10
READY TO VOTE
ON NEW TAX BILL

Washington, March S.-The
house, i'm its consideration of
the revised tax bill, reached
some of the more crucial points
today, and there is a possibility
that a vote will be reached to-
morrow.
With the greatest ease Repre-
sentative Doughton and his as
SOciates on the ways and means
committee disposed of an
amendment, projected by Rep
resentative BOileau, Of Wiscoll-
sin, which would have provided
for publicity. iOf salaries and
bonuses in excess Of SIS, 900.
The teller vote ON this was 11S
to 60. = ~
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10
ASHE FARMERS GET
$1O,5OO.5O TO DATE

A total Of $50 Ashe county
farmers who co-operated with
the Soil Conservation program
last year have already received
benefit payment checks in the
amount Of 1O,5O0.5O, G. j. Rich
announced yesterday.
The average amount received
by each applicant so far is $3.50.
There are around 14OO farmers
i'm the county who will get bene-
fits checks for compliance and as
they are received, the farmers
will be notified by card from the
agents Office.
There are still around 100 APP
plicatiOns that are unsigned.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10
JOHN BAKER NARROWLY
ESCAPES IN ACCIDENT

John Baker, of Warrensville, mi
raculously escaped death when he
lost control of the car which he was
driving and plunged over a high
embankment near Eller's store at
Bina last Sunday night.
The car, belonging to Deronda
Donnelly, was completely demol-
ished and Baker received many
painful cuts and bruises. The victim
of the accident is the son of Mrs.
@. F. Baker who was shot by the
Lansing policeman last summer.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10
Campbell Boy Shot
And Killed Stephens,
10 Hold Hearing Fri.
15-Year- Old Youth Claims He
Shot In Self Defense. Died
Saturday.
BROTHER ALSO HELD

Al hearing will be held tomorrow
afternoon in, Jefferson before Mag
istrate H. c. Tucker for Arthur
Campbell, 15-year-old youth of the
Sly community who shot and killed
his brother in-law, Wagner Steph-
ems, age a, in the home of his
grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Os-
borne, last Thursday morning
81 shot him in self-defense," the
fine-looking blond-haired boy told
a Skyland Post reporter when he
was interviewed in the county jail
yesterday morning.
MY sister and / had gotten into
an argument over a dish rag and
she struck me over the head with
corn cob. Her husband came in
the room and said he'd kill me-"
the youth explained. Il went into
the other room and when he came
after me ! picked up the shotgun
that was lying on the bed and shot
him. He then grabbed ; me and
choked me and my sister stomped
me. Finally I got loose and
ran"
He said that he went to Virginia
and spent the night, but came back
the next day. Friday night he was
arrested by Deputy Sheriff Paul
Switzerland and lodged in the coun-
ty Jail.
Stephens, who was shot in the
left hip at close range from single
barrel 12-gauge shotgun, was
taken to the. hospital in Elkin and
died Saturday afternoon.
Ezekial Campbell, Arthur's r.
year-o1d brother, is also being held
! in4 jaiilsas 4 witness and as charged
with taking the gum. Both of these
boys stated there were several peo-
pie in the Osborne home at the time
of the fatal shooting.
Their sister and her husband,
they said, had been visiting there
for the past week or two. The cou-
pie lived in Vaughtsville, Tenn,
where Wagner Stephens had job
working for saw mill company
Others in the house, they said, in
Guided their mother, Mrs. Matilda
Campbell, who has been living with
her mother for the last six months.
Raleigh Campbell, father of the
boys, lives a few miles away.
f.
Arthur said he finished the 7th.
grade year before last at Thaxton
school II didn't 60 to high school
because I couldn't afford to CO." he
declared.
Up until three weeks ago when he
returned home he said that he had
been working on the farm Of w. P.
Hasley in Maryland.
The victim of the shooting is sur
vived by his wife, Mrs. Martha
Campbell Stephens; one daughter,
Shelby Jean; his mother, Mrs. Julia
Stephens; two brothers, Dexter and
Earl Stephens, of Vaughtsville,
Tenn, and one sister, Mrs. B. w.
Canter, of Shouns, Tenn.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10
HOOVER AND HITLER
HOLD CONFERENCE

Berlin, March 8. - Herbert
Hoover had a 45-minute chat
today with Chancellor Adolf
Hitler.
The former President of the
United States had no comment
to make after his meeting with
Hitler at the reich chancellery.
Chancellery officials said the
two statesmen talked of nation
al problems, German-American
relations and "just about every
thing"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10
RAILROADS SECURE
BIG RATE BOOST

Washington, March 8.-The
Interstate Commerce commits
sion granted a $27O,OOO,OOO, an
nual increasein freight rates
tonight to save the railroads
from threatened insolvencies
and possibility to stimulate in
dustries which sell railroad
equipment.
Railroad men, who had plead
ed for fiat Is per cent increase
amounting to about $47G,OOO,-
600, were frankly disappointed,
however.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10
MOTHER OFFERS EYE TO
SAVE SONS SIGHT

Lansdale, Pa, March IA 30
year-old mother has arranged to
give her right eye that her baby son
might see
Mrs. William Laverty, wife of a
textile worker, made plans to go
to New York for the operation
March 28 at the Presbyterian Medi-
cal Center.
Doctors told the mother the child
had been losing his sight since he
became i'll with measles last April.
His right eye is sightless and the
left is affected.
Mrs. Laverty said she and her
husband talked the matter over"
and decided on the operation. She
said she was told if her right was
transferred to the child, his sight
would be restored and the loss Of
vision in the left might be checked.
n
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10
BRIEF News
FROM
Everywhere
ri. -
CALLS FOR SHOWDOWN
BY iva DIRECTORS

Washington, March S.-Pres-
ident Roosevelt, obviously dis
Quilted, demanded today that
the embattled directors Of the
Tennessee Valley authority
justify their bitter charges and
counter charges, if they can.
Stepping directly into the row
between Chairman Arthur e.
Morgan, on the one hand, and
Vice Chairman Harcourt Nor
gan and Director David Lilien-
thall on the other, he an
n0unced that he had called all
three into a conference to be
held in his Office Friday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10

A parrot does not talk, it only
initiates sounds. However, it easily
learns that certain sounds bring GER
tain results until making them be-
comes a habit.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10

President Mckinley was the sew
enth child in a family of nine chill.
dren.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10

what you have to sell
or what you want to
buy in The Skyland
Post which is read in
more than 90 percent
OF the homes in Ashe.
Resolves to make bust
ness better in 1888.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10
AsHE COUNTY

is the air conditioned
section Of North Caro-
Lima whose altitude
ranges from 5000 to S.
600 feet above sea level.
% miles of the PARK
WAY run through the
county.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-10
Burgess Is Appointed
lax Supervisor, Mon.
Busy Day For Board
Order For Mayors And Justices
Of Peace Issued. Ex-Sheriff
Makes Request.
ACTION rs WITHHELD

Monday was a busy day for the
members of the board of county
commissioners. who convened in
regular session at the courthouse.
Burgess Is Tax Supervisor
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-19

While it was limited that Attorney
General G. D. Conant Of Toronto
may order "some form of depart
mental investigation" into the
drowning death of Daniel Dodge,
21-year-old heir to $9,O00,000 Of
the Dodge automobile fortune,
friends and survivors Of the tfags
edy at the Manitoulin island
camp supported the theory that
young Dodge accidentally fell
from the speedboat rushing him
to a hospital at Little Current,
Ontario. Frank Valiquette, one
Of the camp workers who was
slightly injured by the dynamite
explosion which preceded Dodggs
drowning, supported Mrs. Dodge's
statements that IT believe my
husband tried to stand up and was
pitched into the water"
Central Press
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-19

Here aes and shortest
ton which marked Names Day. Me- The
taes (rear Mrs Nora Foss Mrs
Mrs. Ida Moore and Mrs. Ada Tuey More than twins
took part central Prss)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-19

-. OhfO's pension chief accused
Allegations of pay roll padding in
Ohio's division of aid for the aged
will be included among the many
charges to be leveled against the
Gov. Martin l.. Davey administra-
ton in Ohio by the Social Security
Board. Formal charges were ex-
pected to be filed against Henry
]. Berrodin, chief of the division.
It was said in Washington that
Davey's defeat in the. primary
practically ends" the political
phase of the charges which had
included an allegation that Ber-
robin employed the old age PEN
sion set-up to garner votes for
Davey.
Central Press
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-19
From Jdy TIE WsnDurn

From WtnDuTM
Frances Dodge of Daniel eeninc or s staar fA
is OF dead Daniel George Dodge
tne tragic death Ct her brother
$9OOO000 automobile fortune too c for FTanes oea
ms sister and she weeps on the shoulder Nancy Smith, friend
Wnere she joined the it's hour OF sorrow
you foung poqge BRIDEGROOM Of two in Georgian
pay near Little Ontario, rushed
pital in speedboat after suffering Shattered a, and fracea
s wnen Dynamite exploded hand Dodge either fen or
uHPeu &c MS death from the
phone operator at Gore Bay was injured