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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-12

It's long lane that has no turn
ing, and poor salesman who won't
persist until he comes to it.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-12

If you have done a good job, don't
look as if you fluked it. Let 'em know
it's a habit of yours.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-12

An interesting and popular form of
solitaire is figuring how rich you'd be
if you'd stayed single
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-12

In more senses than one, life is not
a merry -go-round. You don't cover
the same course twice
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-12

Pop says joint bank account is
one where he does the depositing and
Ma does the withdrawing.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-12

Modesty in delivering our opinions
leaves us the liberty Of changing them
without humiliation.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-12

Don't say that the early bird gets
the worm. Nowadays the early bird
gets his own breakfast.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-12

Momentum is a gradual move to-
wards dead stop. The business that
runs on it doesn't get far.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-12

It's all right to dream of the things
you're going to do if you begin to
work on them right now.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-12

A green employe can do more work
than a blue one.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-12

A service that falls short Of the
customers expectation is much worse
than no service at all.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-12
Mrs. HurrY Waltner Dies
Sister of William Green Passes Away
in COshOctOn

Coshocton, O.--Mrs. Henry Waltner,
eldest sister of William Green, presi-
dent of the American Federation of
Labor, died here January 3.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-12

Measure your cloth ten times; you
IAN cut it but once.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-12

All men may be born equal-but
they soon get over it..
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-12

Knowing that YOU don't know much
s knowing a lot. kfA
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-12

None breaches better than the ant
and it says nothing.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-12

Nowadays the electric switch makes
things go. In the olden days they
used the hickory switch.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-12

Don't marry for money-it's far
cheaper to borrow it.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-12

Boxer: "Have | done him any dam
age?"
Disguised Second: "No, but keep
swinging. That draft may give him a
cold"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-12

College is place where people with
lots of crust spend lots of dough and
have one long loaf.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-12

Peace Of mind is business asset;
giving a customer piece Of your
mind is a business liability.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-18
PROTECT THE SHEEP

During recent months we have heard
good many complaints from almost every
section of this county about stray dogs
killing the sheep.
This is indeed serious charge and there
is every reason to believe that it is true A
few days ago one farmer stated that he
had lost ten sheep in the past six weeks
and he attributed this loss to pack of
hungry hounds which one of his neighbors
allowed to run loose.
Sheep are valuable animals as their wool
as we'll as flesh are always in demand. A
few years ago it is estimated that from
$4,000 to 10000 sheep were raised in Ashe
annually, while today there are probably
less than 10000 sheep and lambs in the
county.
Part of this decline in sheep raising has
no doubt been due to the disgraceful
slaughter by the domesticated carnivorous
animals. The state law emphatically states
that it is unlawful for owners to allow
their dogs to run loose.
The records show that our dog pOpula-
ton has been steadily increasing and the
sheep population decreasing. Isn't it high
time for our officers to enforce the laws
relative to dogs?
It certainly is and we must protect our
sheep!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-18
A BIG NATIONAL HIGHWAY VISION
sheep!

The plan of the Bureau of Public Roads
for a new highway system has been sub
mitted to Congress with the approval OF
President Roosevelt. The House Roads
Committee has already started work to
provide ways and means to start the crea-
ton of what will eventually become g.,
700 miles of inter linked highways.
The Federal highway program contem-
plates an interregional network, using
present routes to large extent, and carry
ing them directly through large cities by
construction of depressed" thoroughfares
main arteries running in canal-like lanes
below the level of ordinary street traffic
Federal Highway Authority has been
proposed in bill by Chairman Cartwright
of the House Roads Committee
East-and-west routes would run from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. North and south
roads would run from northern to southern
boundaries of the nation. All the country
is included in the big plan.
The power of the highway for social and
economic gain is unfulfilled. Twenty years
IlOIe Will oee lul IIle1 VdSL Improvement
in the rural highways; and in the streets
of our cities, beneficial alteration great
er still will be added to motor vehicles in
the quality and economy of their perfor-
nance. This will arise from the remark
able advances of recent years.
The Bureau of Public Roads feels that
the highways should catch up with the
progress of the motors.
With vehicles and roads improved far
beyond the common expectation of today,
highway transportation has yet to make it's
greatest and most characteristic contribu-
ton to the Nation.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-18
Preacher Having
Good Influence
On WPA Workers

Rev. Willard Hoosier, a Bap-
fist preacher, is keeping the WPA
workers on the road job in the
Horse Creek township ''in the
straight and narrow pathway,
at least while they are working.
There are 20 men working on
the project, of which D. L. STAINS
berry is foreman, and Rev. Mr..
HooSier is one of them.
I'VE do not have any swearing
or misconduct of any kind on the
Job," Mr.. Stansberry said. ''Most
all of the men are Christian gen
tlemen and Mr.. Hoosier is having
fine influence"
He stated that before lunch
each day Mr.. Hoosier returns
thanks. Mr.. Stansberry explain
ed that he had made a rule that
there would be no swearing or
on the job and that
two men some time ago said they
would try. "And 1 Ii went heard
them cuss or swear Since then,
either" he said. -
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-18
Farmers Loose
Money Grazing
The Woodlands
Results In Loss Of Money In
Milk And Beef PrOduc-
ton as Well as Lumber.

Farmers who Craze cattle in
woodlands lose money both in
milk or beef and in timber and
erosion control, declares R. W.
Graeber, forestry specialist of the
State College Extension Service
He cites experiments which
have shown that managed wood
lands yield an annual return of
about 81 per acre, and that the
best open pastures yield about
the same amount. However, when
grazing and forestry are combin-
ed on the same area, the yields
are much less, the total annual
return for typical woodland pas
ture being only 81 per acre.
why do farmers run their cat
tie in the WoodS?" Graeber asks
He answers: There is only one
logical reason: They think they
can pick up an extra dollar or
two by letting the cattle pick a
few buds and tWigs in early
spring, along with the loW-grow-
ing plants and a few sprigs of
grass or briers which may grow
where a few rays of sunlight
reach the ground.
This is a fallacy. A farmer
doesn't pick up an extra dollar
or two; the COWS do not produce
as much milk or as much beef
as when they Craze in open pas
ture; the timber supply is reduc-
ed; grazing woodlands induces
erosion and loss of leaf litter; the
fencing bill is higher"
The 1885 farm census showed
that North Carolina had 1874
BOB acres of farm woods in use as
pasture. Of this, 1,186,788 acres,
or slightly more than rs percent
OF the woodland pasture is in the
SO Piedmont and Mountain coun-
ties. This is the principal area in
which Graeber recommends that
all woods grazing be eliminated.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-18
Post Receives
Many Renewals
Subscribers Express Interest
In Paper. Many New
Subscribers,

During the past few days many
renewals as we'll as new sub
scriptions to The Skyland Post
have been received showing the
continued increase of reader in
terest.
Charles Bower of Oxford, Pa,
writes the following: Enclosed
is $1.25 to pay for another years
subscription. l would not think
of being without The Post
Thank you for keeping it coming
"A good many come to my
house to see and read The Post. :"
Il cannot do without my coun-
ty paper. l have been a faithful
reader for a long time as l like
to know what is going on in our
county, state and throughout the
world, writes Mrs. Martha c..
TIlley of Hemlock who also sent
in a renewal.
Other renewals coming in with
in the past few days include Jen-
ME Sperlin, Lansing; Mamie Boy
er, Clifton; James M. Little, JEFF
ferson; A. L. Blevins, Bina; Tom
Severt, jefferson; LaWton Wood
lie, Nathan's Creek; E. H. Handy,
Crumpler; Sidney Gambill,
Washington, D. c.; H. L. Good
man, Nathan's Creek; @. R.
Campbell, West jefferson; Mrs.
w. w. Mills, Fall Branch, Tenn. !;
Mrs. w. A. Graham, Tuckerdale,
N. c.
Recent new subscribers include
Frank Edwards. West jefferson;
Frank Barton, Crumpler; J. S.
Linesay, Grassy Creek; V. E.
Ballou, Princeton, West Va; Earl
Davidson, West Jefferson; Miss
Beulah Hartsog, Idlewild; DR.. A..
K. Payne, Jackson, Mich; Mrs.
Paul Blevins, New Britain,
Conn.,; Arvel H. Bare, Bristol,
Va; Zeb Witherspoon, Jefferson;
j. A. Jones, Oval.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-18
BALL CAN'T STOP
GRASS FROM GROWING

Proof that grass roots are pen
etrating, particularly those of
Johnson grass, was demonstrated
a few days ago when Mrs. W. E.
Miller discovered a rubber ball
in her back yard pierced by a
number of grass roots.
The ball which had probably
been lost in play proved no i'm
pediment to the grass growing
in its direction. Is it any Won
der then that grass grows under
the feet of some people?
The "grass-roots BALI now on
display in the window of The
Skyland Post has caused much
comment among those who have
seen it.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-18
-OOO-
MILK is FIRST!

What is the largest single source of farm
income in the United States?
Some one asked that question few days
ago and we missed it. What is your guess?
With the large Kraft-Phenix Cheese
plant here, everyone in this section should
know that the answer is MILK, one of the
most essential and nutritious of foods.
A second distinction of MILK is that
since 1880 it has been the most reliable in
come producer in this county, Isn't this al
so true as applied to Ashe county?
The average person in the United States
buys 152 quarts 'of milk and cream, II
cans of evaporated milk, and ga pounds
of cheese and IS servings of ice cream.
Let's get busy and make MILK first in
income in Ashe county, The cheese plant
will buy all of the milk it can get.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-18
KENTUCKY DERBY WINNER
LOST PREAKNESS RACE

BALTIMORE, Md, May. 13.-
The mud and great mud-run-
ner caught up with Johnstown
today.
w. L. Brann's bay colt, Challe-
don, a mudder from way back,
came on in the last three Fights
of a mile on a track soaked by
day-long rain to win the 49th
running of the rich Preakness
stakes, as William Woodward's
top-heavy favorite, Johnstown,
the horse that had taken the
Kentucky Derby by six lengths
only week ago, ran fifth in the
/. 4 Of six.
For three quarters of a mile in
this mile and three sixteenths
gallop, it was all Johnstown. The
big son of jamestown, winner
of four straight previous three
year old outings by total of Is
engths, looked like a shoo-in.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-18

on his brakes, there would frequently be
a collision which could easily result in ser
ious injury
Of course every normal boy wants BIZ
cycle and we are not saying that he should
not have one, but for the sake of the child
and the public, all parents should insist
that their boys and girls be extremely
careful when they are out riding bicycles
on the highways or streets and that they
should not get on the sidewalks and make
themselves a public nuisance to pedes-
trains.
An ounce of prevention is still worth
many pounds of cure!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-18
Polish Fear OF
Attack By Nazis
Is Now Lessened
MussOlini's Speech Shows It.
aly's Reluctance to Help
Hitler In Danzig Quest.

Warsaw, May 14.-Polish fears of
a possible surprise blow by Ger
many lessened tonight after Pre-
mier Benito Mussolini's an
nouncement that there are no
European problems justifying
war and Nazi denials that Ger
mans are being sent into Danzig
for a monster storm-troop dem
onstration.
Polish newspapers had report
ed that more than 10000 young
Germans have entered the free
city in the guise Of tourists to
join storm-troop organization
Monday night which might de-
mand an immediate plebiscite on
the question of Danzig's return
to the Reich.
1t also was reported that large
quantities of ballots marked
Eyes" and mo" had been print
ed in a Danzig newspaper plant,
indicating a possible Nazi at
tempt to stage such a plebiscite.
Premier Benito Mussolini's
speech today at Turin stressing 2
desire for peace-a desire which
he said both he and Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler hold-created a
profound impression among Po-
liSh leaders.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-18
IluN
and
KeAneN
By
TROY
ISAIAH
JONES
THE PARADE OF THE
NIGHT SHIRTS

Fire broke out in the Hotel
An awful sight to see
Every ridiculous thing that nap
pened
Has been told to me.
Out at the door one man stuck
His sleepy head
Asked what time breakfast would
be
And then went back to bed.
One man stood in the lobby
I don't know where he was from,
Ran back upstairs
To put his breeches on.
Up the stairs he ran
On feet that were very fleet
Said he did this for fear
Some ladies he might meet.
A lady ran into this serious ana
sad circumstance
Said it was not the fire
But the man without his pants.
But what was really pathetic
And even all the sadder,
Was the man hanging out the
window
Yelling for a ladder.
Men don't like too much danger
Nor with smoke and fire to flirt
But they risk their lives for ce-
dar chest
That contained just one shirt.
What was very usual
But to everybody a riddle,
Was girl with a violin
And did not even fiddle.
Another occasion like this
I never want to greet
But now l put my breeches on
For fear a lady I might meet.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-18
THE BICYCLE MENACE

One of the biggest miracles in Ashe
county today is the fact that not single
boy or girl has been seriously injured in a
bicycle-automobile accident in the past two
or three years.
How have they escaped? Frankly we do
not know because many of the children
here in the Jeffersons who have bicycles
take all kinds of chances. They ride up
and down the sidewalks, which is against
local ordinances, and then suddenly dart
out into the middle of the street. Often
times they pull out from behind parked
cars and proceed to plunge directly across
the street. If the driver of an approaching
automobile were not alert and did not jam
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-18
REV. CAUDILL CONTINUES
PREACHING AT BIG RIDGE

Rev. 0. V. Caudill, Big Ridge
Chatauqua minister, is preaching
each night to interested congre-,
cations at the Christian CHATEAU
qua services. The Bible School
choir, under the direction of Miss
Make Weaver with Miss Estella
Blevins at the piano, has been
rendering some appreciated Sc
lections.
There has been a number of
professions of faith. The COM
mencement of the Bible School
will be held on Saturday morn
ing and the meeting will come to
a close on Sunday night.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-18
Poppy Day Will
Be Observed On
Saturday, May y
Members of Legion Auxiliary
To Sell Memorial Flow
erS Made by Vets.

Poppy Day will be observed
here and throughout the United
States on Saturday, May 81, with
the wearing of memorial pop
pies in honor of the World War
dead, Mrs. P. C. Wright, presi-
dent of the Ashe county Unit of
the American Legion Auxiliary,
announced today. The observance
will be led by the Auxiliary wo-
men who will distribute peoples
on the streets during the day.
More than eleven million of the
little red memorial flowers have
been made by disabled World
War veterans working in govern
ment hospitals and in poppy
Wcrkrooms maintained by the
Auxiliary, said Mrs. Wright.
These flowers are crepe paper re-
pleas of the peoples which grew
on the World War battlefields
and among which the dead and
wounded fell. They are recognize
ed throughout the English-speak-
ing world as the memorial flow
er for those who fell in defense
of democracy.
Plans for the local observance
of Poppy Day are being complet-
ed by the local Auxiliary unit
under the leadership of Mrs. Guy
Badger, Unit Poppy chairman,
aided by large committee, Mrs.
Wright said. Volunteer workers
from the unit will offer peoples
on the streets all day and will re-
ceive contributions for the Lee
gion and Auxiliary welfare and
relief work among the disabled
veterans and families of veterans.
Poppies for distribution here
have been ordered from the hos
pital at Oteen where disabled
veterans have been given en-
ployment through the winter and
spring making the little flowers.
They are expected to be worn
more generally than ever before
on Poppy Day this year.
This provides profitable en-
ployment to hundreds of disabled
soldiers" Mrs. Wright said. Pop
pies have been made this year
in 70 government hospitals and
Auxiliary workrooms. The bulk
of the money earned goes to sup
port their dependent families"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-18
Income In State
Better Than '29

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE
commerce department estimated
today that citizens of seven states
and the District of Columbia had
more income in 1887 than they
had in 1929.
Making the first geographical
analysis of it's annual national
income estimates, the department
said the fortunate states were
Nevada, Florida, New Mexico,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Idaho and Virginia.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-18
COLD-STORAGE PLANT

With the construction of REA lines well
under way, Ashe county farmers now have
an excellent opportunity to organize CO.
op and secure loan from the Rural Elec-
trification Administration to build large
cold-storage plant.
This new business of renting cold-stor-
age lockers to individuals and firms for
the preservation of their fresh meats, poul-
try fruits and vegetables, is expanding ra-
pidly in many sections of the United
States.
Originating in the vegetable and fruit re-
gions along the West Coast about ten years
ago, this type of service has spread east
ward and reports indicate that there are,
at present, over 1900 cold-storage locker
plants in the nation
The first cold-storage locker plant in
Minnesota was opened to patrons at Vase
ca in May, 1885, by local meat market.
Shortly thereafter a cooperative creamery
at Pelican Rapids started similar service.
By December, 1887, there were 81 such
plants operating or under construction in
the state of Minnesota alone.
The main purpose of those plants is to
provide freezer-storage space to individ-
uals and firms for the storage of food pro-
ducts and to provide preceding and pro-
cessing service for meats farm-killed or
killed at the plant or slaughterhouse in
connection with the plant.
There are many advantages to having
such cold-storage plant where locker
space can be rented to various ones at
small rental fees. Frozen home produced
meats and poultry are likely to be more
palatable than home-canned or cured
meats. Individual farmers can store up
enough fresh vegetables, poultry, meats
and fruits to last them the entire year. In
the second place, as this section is the larg-
est cattle-raising territory in North Caro-
lima, this would be a fine place in which
to have big slaughter market and instead
of having western meat shipped into west
ern North Carolina, we could be shipping
meat into every section of the country
Such plant would be a great stimulus
to poultry raising 1t would also enable
more of our farmers to get into the COM
mercial produce raising field. If the mar
ket is low when potatoes, for example, are
being harvested, they could store them and
wait until the proper time to sell them The
same thing would apply to other produce
and vegetables.
We understand that REA has an appro-
priation for this type of service and with
an abundant supply of electricity avail
able, we believe such project could be
secured in this county,
What do you think of the idea, Mr.. Far
mer?
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-18

North Cardinals cash farm in
come for the first three months
OF this year, totaing SIG, $4,000,
including government payments,
dropped sharply under the cor
responding period in 1888 when
growers received $3S. 100000
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-18

During the past five years re-
suits at the Kentucky Expert
ment Station showed that clip
ping the silks and end of the corn
husk beyond the cob, just after
pollination, was promising me-
thod for the control of cutWorm.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-18

The Triple-A has announced
the awarding of contracts for
215,192 SO. mics of aerial pho
Biography in Is North Central and
Western States, at a cost of $476,-
362.79.