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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-10-26
Certified Audit
Circulation Of
Post Is 1881
Only Paper in State with Au-
dited Circulation 3 Times
Size Of Town.

The Skyland Post now has 9
certified audited circulation Of
1881.
C. L. Bridges. of Dahlberg &
Company, accountants and audi
tors, completed his audit report
of The Post circulation a few
days age and of the total aver
age of 1881 over period of time
2,1O8 were shown as paid circu'
lation.
This is the largest circulatlor
anv paper in Ashe county evel
had and it is the first time ina
newspaper circulation in TINS
county has ever been audited
According to a recent check
The Post is the only paper If
North Carolina that has an au'
dited circulation OF over three
times the latest census population
Of the town in which it is pub
lished.
Ed M. Anderson, editor ano
publisher of The Post is secre'
tary of the Circulation Audit Blu
reau of the North Carolina Press
Association, as well as a. mem
Der of the executive committee
of this organization.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-10-26
RESULTS OF THE AAA
ELECTION ANNOUNCED

CONTINUED from Page One)
vice chairman; Wiley Faw, regu-
lar member; Bryan Pennington,
first alternate and Edd Roe, Sc
cond alternate.
Jefferson community j. r.
Phipps, chairman; c. G. Denny,
vice chairman; Coy Francis, re-
gular member; Furd Shatley,
first alternate and Everett Fen
der, second alternate.
Laurel COMMUNICATED Bile
wins, chairman; Bruce GRAPHICAL,
vice chairman; c. L. Goss, regu-
lar member; J. r. Cox, first al
ternate and Ray Wiles, second al
ternate.
Creston community - S a m
James, chairman; J. G. Little,
vice chairman; w. O. Ashley,
regular member; Ben Little, first
alternate and V. c. Lillard, Sc
cond alternate.
Old Fields community-H. H.
Lemly, chairman; Clyde Houck,
vice chairman; C. w. Day, mem
Der; w. R. Graham, first alter
nate and Walter Burkett, second
alternate.
The duties of the community
committeeman are to assist the
county committee in setting up
acreage allotments and goals, to
inform farmers of the plans and
purposes of the program and to
assist in holding meetings.
A majority of the men elected
this year have served on COM
mittees in the past.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-10-26
Ashe Red Cross
Officers Attend
District Meeting

Plans are now being made to
have the most successful Red
Cross drive this fall, ever spon-
sored in Ashe county, according to
Bruce Dent, roll call chairman of
the Ashe chapter who attended a
district meeting of Red Cross Of
ficials held in Winston-Salem
Tuesday.
Gale Mcmillan, secretary of the
local chapter, also attended the
conference and declared upon re-
turning that Ashe membership
this fall should xceed the 800
mark.
The drive starts on November
II and ends Thanksgiving day.
Complete plans will be announc-
ed later.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-10-26
CHURCH TRIAL WILL
OPEN THIS MORNING

Continued from Page One)
Will Lovill.
Other Cases Tried.
A number of other cases were
tried the first three days ana
they included:
Roscoe Eldreth entered a plea
of guilty of involuntary man
slaughter in connection with the
fatal car accident of Reeves Per
ry. The Judge heard the evidence,
but has not passed sentence yet.
Boyd Darnell was given IL
months sentence and Fred Walk
er IL months on charges OF
breaking and stealing from j. +.
Sheets. They were also given sus-
pended sentences.
Lundy Darnell, charged with
violation of the prohibition law,
was sentenced 6 months on the
roads for making whiskey.
Frank Adams was sentenced to
serve IL months on the roads for
assaulting Norman Jones with a
deadly weapon.
Frank Taylor and Ford Bare
were fined $4,000 and cost on
charges of drunken driving.
Weldon Royal was given a sus-
pended sentence for house break
ing and larceny charges.
Harry Bare was ordered to pay
a cost of 5000 for use by Eula
Miller in support of an illegiti-
mate child.
Johnnie Myers was given a sus-
pended sentence on nuts ahce
charge and ordered not to sell
any wine or beer.
Onie Miller drew a suspended
sentence for larceny.
Rosa and Ralph Holman were
also granted suspended sentences
for assault.
Judson Cope was taxed with
cost of court for operation of a
slot machine.
Virgil Eldreth was fined $50
and given a suspended sentence
for carrying a concealed weapon.
S. T. Blackburn, fined $1O0 and
cost and given suspended SEN
tence for violation of prohibition
law.
Lee Wilcox was fined $50 and
cost and a suspended sentence on
a similar charge.
Lee Roup was fined SIS and
cost for possession of whiskey.
George Wyatt drew six months
for stealing chickens a short time
ago.
Six divorces were granted: Le-
wis Ham VS. Josephine Ham, J. A.
Segraves VS. Lena Segraves, Eu-
gene McNeill VS. Linda McNeill,
Andrew Osborne VS. Victoria o.
borne, Lloyd Williams VS. Marie
Williams and ]. M. Houck VS. Ell
len Houck.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-10-26
APPLE ORCHARD is
OFFERED AS EXPERIMENT

Continued from Page One)
want to go into the apple busl-
ness on a commercial scale, it is
worthwhile for each farmer to
have his own supply"
Major Fletcher, who is one OF
Ashe county's most outstanding
native sons, is keenly interested
in the development of this sec
ton and is anxious to help pro-
mote anything that will increase
income in the county and i'm
prove the general welfare.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-10-26
Germany To Fight To End;
5 More British Ships Sunk
METHODIST CHURCHES
NOW IN ELKIN DISTRICT

Continued from Page One)
Cooleemee, A. A. Kyles; Creston,
! Robert Short; Davie, A. W.
Lynch; Dobson, r. G. McClam-
rock; Elkin, H. F. Duncan; Farm
ington, ]. w. Vestal; Green Val
ley, M. L. Chappell; Helton, R.
J. Startling; Jefferson, H. D. Jes'
sup; Jonesville, D. B. Mullis
Laurel Springs, T. A. Plyler, Jr.
supply; Mocksville, E. M. Avett
Mocksville circuit, K. G. Holt
Moravian Falls, ]. M. Green
North Wilkesboro, A. L. Aycock
Sparta, L. F. Strader; Saint Paul
L. E. Stevens; Surry-Yadkin, S
j. Brawley; Todd, w. w. Hager
Traphill, D. L. Earnhardt; War.
rensville, j. C. Wotton Jr., sup.
ply; Watauga, J. w. Parker; West
jefferson, H. H. Wood; Wilkes.
boro, w. J. Pint; Wilkesboro cir.
cult, J. L. A. Bumgarner; Yad.
klnVllle, j. II. Green.
Conference missionary secre.
tary and director Golden Cross
L. B. Abernethy.
| Student Boston University, w
f; J. Huneycutt.
In addition to the newly crea-
ted district of Elkin, the High
Point district was also created
DR.. S. w. Taylor, formerly OF
Asheboro was given the superin-
tendency of this new district.
The appointments were made
by Bishop Clare Purcell of Char
lotte.
DR.. E. H. BACKYARD, pastor of
Wesley Memorial Church, High
Point, invited the conference to
meet there next year. Upon sug-
gestion of DR.. j. B. Craven, pas
tor of the West Market Street
Church, this matter was referred
! to the conference entertainment
! committee. Under the terms of
the Craven motion adopted by
the conference the entertainment
committee is not required to ac-
cept the High Point invitation,
but it appears likely that the COM
mittee and the High Point Meth
odists will be able to agree upon
selection of that city for the next
annual session.
United Methodism was termed
"a streamlined train" by Bishop
Straug hn, who spoke on The
Methodist Advance" at the re-
quest of Bishop Purcell. He told
of plans of the council of bishops
for the advance, which will reach
the intensive stage in the South
eastern jurisdiction February s.
q. 1t is expected, too, in this con-
nection, that every pastor will
have his people take part in a
day of prayer December 81.
Bishop Purcell announced that
"the Methodist advance meeting"
for the Western North Carolina
conference will be held at Gen.
tenary Church, Winston-Salem,
February z, the team in charge
to be composed of Bishop Edwin
H. Hughes, of Washington, BIZ
shop E. L. Waldorf, of Chicago.
end Bishop H. Lester Smith, of
Cincinnati.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-10-26
Snag is Struck In the Finnish
Russian Conference. Ne
gotiations Suspended.

Germany is determined to fight
Britain to the bitter end and is
supremely confident of victory
Foreign Minister Joachim vor
Ribbentrop told the world Tues
dey night.
n Commute address vor
Ribbentrop warned Britain thai
by continuing the war she wa:
playing dangerously with the
fate Of her empire
"The present British govern
ment may 60 down in history a:
the gravediggers of the empire,
he told a group of veteran naz
fighters which formed his imme
diate audience in this one-time
free city, now incorporated in the
reich.
The Nazi foreign minister le
fall not a single hint of possible
compromise to end the war be-
fore the conflict at arms goes u
its bitter conclusion.
"Chamberlain refused the HAND
of the fuehrer stretched out in
gesture of peace" he shouted al
the climax of his address.
Four more British merchant
men and Greek vessel heavily
laden with scrap metal were
sunk and another British sinking
more than week ago was repor-
ted Tuesday as intense diploma
tic exchanges arose over the
seizure of the American freighter
City of Flint.
Loss of five British ships sent
England's toll to As and the losses
of all nations to 80 ships. Ton
mage losses of all nations rose to
399,319, exclusive of millions Of
dollars worth of cargoes, the total
known loss of life was 1,774.
AS far as it could be learned
from the usually reticent British
sources it was the worst day they
had suffered since the war be-
gan.
Germany indicated new
phase near the strongly fortified
Straits in her U-boat campaign
by sinking in succession three
British ships of Gibraltar.
Renewed negotiations between
soviet Russia and Finnish dele
cation were suspended Tuesday
less than 48 hours after the Firms
arrival, leading foreign observers
to believe the talks were not 60
ing too happily.
The Firms prepared to return
to Helsinki presumably for fresh
instructions from their govern
ment, including that compromise
proposals they brought here were
unacceptabl or that soviet auth
critics may have made new de-
mands.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-10-26
ROTARIANS TO HEAR
III. C.. TUCKER TONIGHT

Judge H. c. Tucker will be the
guest speaker at the Jeffersons
Rotary Club tonight, Wade Eller,
program chairman, announces.
Several important civic activities
will also be discussed during the
meeting, he said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-10-26

Mrs. F. M. Goss and her daugh.
ter cMay$ands% Mrs. Z Essie : Gambill
were shopping visitors in Boone
Saturday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-10-26
SEWING CIRCLE TO MEET

The sewing circle will meet
next Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 81
at 2:3O o'clock, with Mrs. Ber-
nard GRAPHICAL. All members are
urged to attend.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-24
Heaviest Man ON Record

Daniel Lambert was the heaviest
man on record. Born at Leicester
in ITO, he was, during his youth, of
normal build and fond of exercise,
but began to put on weight with
amazing rapidity in his early twen-
ties. In 1906, on deciding to ex-
hibit himself in London a special
vehicle was constructed for his con-
veyance there. He was 5 feet II
inches in height, and, to quote his
epitaph, says London Answers mag
azine, she measured three feet one
inch round the leg, nine feet four
inches round the body, and weighed
So stone, II lb. ia Id. to the stone)."
At his death it was found neces-
sary to take down the window and
wall of the room in which he lay
to allow of his being taken away.
His coffin was 6 feet 4 inches long,
A feet inches wide, 2 feet inches
deep, and consisted of 112 super
fetal feet of elm. It was built on
two axle-trees and four wheels and
was rolled down a slope to the bot.
tom of the grave.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-24
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

Reality will be the subject of the
Lesson-Sermon in all Churches Of
Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, March
26.
The Golden Text will. be from
Phil. AS, Whatsoever things are
true, whatsoever things are honest,
whatsoever things are just, whatso-
ever things are pure, whatsoever
things are lovely, whatsoever things
are of good report; If there by any
virtue, and If there be any praise,
think on these things"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible, Eccles. 81:
For in the multitude of dreams
and many words, there are also
divers vanities; but fear thou God"
The Lesson-Sermon also will in
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
by Mary Baker Eddy, among which
is the following, page 207: "The
spiritual reality is the scientific fact
in all things. The spiritual fact, re-
peated in the action of man and
the whole universe. is harmonious
and is the ideal of Truth"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-24
Old Roman Maginot Line
Protected Claimed Land

Imperial Rome once held back the
menace of savage German tribes
men with a predecessor of the
Maginot line. The ancient fortified
line was on what is now German
soil, however, and was located con-
siderably to the east of the present
French defenses.
The Roman line, known then and
since as the Lines Romanus, states
a writer in the Kansas City Star,
started at the village of Rheinbrohl
on the Rhine, about 20 miles below
Coblenz and on the opposite bank
of the river. 1t ran 200 miles over
hills and through valleys, with its
other end at Eining on the Danube.
Thus it protected the Roman-held
territory on the interlacfng head
waters of the two streams. Below
It's two downstream ends, the broad
rivers, patrolled by Roman galleys,
were deemed sufficient protection
for the empires frontiers.
The Lines Romanus consisted
simply of a strong timber palisade
when it was first laid out. Later,
at the end of the Second century
A. D., the palisade was replaced by
a continuous earthen wall, re-
inforced at intervals by stone "cas-
tella" or towers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-24

The neat and nimble needle is a
very complicated piece of work
which from first to last takes nine
days to produce. Special steel wire
from Sheffield is cut into lengths,
each length making two needles.
After being made perfectly straight,
says London Tit-Bits Magazine, the
length of steel is mechanically
sharpened at both ends, then fiat
tened in the middle to take the
double eyes, punched out either by
machinery or by hand-an expert
hand-puncher getting through q, 1000
a day. The double needle is divid-
ed into two, and the eyes smoothed
and polished by hand. The soft wire
needle now has to be hardened,
tempered and finally polished all
over ready for use.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-24
Round Head-Optimistic

If your head tends to roundness
both front and back, you are OPP
timistic, resourceful, and specula-
tive, according to a psychologist in
Pearson's London Weekly. Your
weak points are impulsiveness,
recklessness, and a tendency to
gamble. Work which entails risk
and adventure, and an element Of
chance, will have a special appeal
for you. You might make an ex-
cellent journalist. Many first-class
athletes come from the Ground
head' class. In order to get the
best out of yourself, you should curb
your extreme speculative instinct.
Investigate before you gamble, and
do not take so many "long Shots"
Associate with people who are more
cautious than yourself, but avoid the
extremely cautious type.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-24
Strange Birds in Siam

Bird migration in Siam is of three
kinds instead of the usual one kind
known to temperate zones, accord
ing to a Smithsonian institution au-
thority who reports that besides the
usual north and south seasonal
movement there are also a water
migration and food migration. The
water migration takes place with
the coming of the rainy season when
birds move from rising water levels
in swamps and shallow lakes to-
wards higher land areas. Food mi
grations, INDUCED in only by birds
of the pigeon and parrot families,
may simply result from scouting ac-
tivities in which certain individual
birds discover places where wild
figs, mangoes and other fruits are
ripe and are then followed by mill
lions of members of the main
fiosks.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-24
Penguins Good Husbands,
Affectionate With Mates

Of all the strange birds that in
habit the earth, the emperor PEN
gum, which breeds on the rocky
shores of the Antarctic regions, is
one of the strangest.
The penguin is the largest of the
wingless and fiightless swimming
birds, the adult standing about 31s
feet high and weighing around 80
pounds. He has a Small black head
and strong pointed beak. His back
is black, too, and his abdomen is
white. His short clumsy legs are
feathered down to his webbed feet
and in place of wings, he possesses
a pair of flippers which enable him
to swim under water for a long
time.
Because they stand so erect, PEN
gums may be mistaken for human
beings when seen from distance,
writes Burt Hause in Our Dumb
Animals. They behave like humans,
too. When making love, the male
struts proudly around the female in
order to show off his good points and
manly bearing. Then he suddenly
stretches out his neck and touches
his beak to hers as though in kiss.
Penguinsv are also very inquisi-
tive. While swimming far out at
Sea, they will draw close to a pass
ing ship and inspect it like a natur-
alist inspecting the bones of some
prehistoric animal. Misery loves
company and, like human beings, a
depressed penguin seeks compan-
ionship. During the moulting sea-
son, when he loses his feathers, he
invariably leaves home to find those
of his flock who will synpathize with
him.
Happily, divorce suits are I'M
known to a penguin family. With
them, love is eternal. Even after
wooing, the husband is constantly
kissing his wife with his beak and
embracing her with his fiippers at
the most inopportune moments.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-24
Insects Guido Wonders
Considered Ideas of Man

Combs, brushes, oars, hooks, nut
crackers, spinning machines, hypo-
dermic syringes, saws, gimlets, even
wireless aerials-these are not
mans inventions. Insects grow
them more efficiently than science
can make them.
For instance, notes writer in
Pearson's London Weekly, the home
ly garden spider is nothing more
or less than a walking dressing
table-his hind legs having brush
and two combs surprisingly like
those we use. Then again, when he
wants to eat, he fires sticky web
through these combs, and winds it
round his victim. AS he wraps his
prey in its winding sheet (Which
will, incidentally, preserve it until
the spider is hungry he does the
work of wire-making machine.
The web is drawn through spinner
cts that shape it as the steel eyelet
of the wire-mill spaces the wire.
The insect revolves like the take
up spool of the mill, and the motor
is the spiders front legs.
Another example of insects that
rival mans scientific wonders is che
fly-which can walk upside down on
the ceiling. This is possible be-
cause each of the fly's feet has a
sucker, covered with a sticky fluid,
which adheres to any surface by
forming a partial vacuum.
But even more amazing is the
bee, which has hooks as well as
suckers on it's legs, and can thus per-
form all sorts of acrobatics. These
hooks, by the way, are made on the
same principle as boat-hooks-but
they can clench and unclench, un-
like boat-hooks.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-24
There's More to Sponge
Than just Mass of Cells

AS you see 1t, q sponge is just
mass of little cells. When 1t is
alive and breathing, II not exactly
kicking, in its ocean bed, these cells
are filled with jelly. It lives on the
water it absorbs through its small
pores, the waste water passing out
through the large holes at the top.
During its infancy the sponge
propels itself by the flashing of in
Vulnerable tiny hairs, but when 1t
grows to maturity it settles down
to be real "stick-in-the-mud," says
a writer in London Answers Maya
zine.
For centuries the true nature Of
the sponge baffled the scientific
mind. 1t was once thought to be a
vegetable and at one period was
confidently accepted as a nest ere
ated by the worms which not unnat-
urally are often found in it. Not
until a hundred years ago did the
truth dawn on the scientist Robert
Grant.
There are over 1000 known varie-
ties of sponges, of beautiful and fam
tastic shapes. One resembles a
wineglass of enormous size, and
others are commonly found in the
form of cups, balls, fans, and discs.
But the most fascinating Of all are
the "glass sponges" found in east
ern waters.
Some have their skeletons Of
transparent flint covered with del
icate network Of the finest lace,
which in perfection Of design rivals
the efforts of the skilled lace-mak-
er. Others again are made up Of
almost transparent gauze. All these
are, Of course, "show-pieces" which
cannot be used in the bath.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-24
Neanderthal Man Homely
From Modern Viewpoint

The Neanderthal man was a re-
pulsive creature from the modern
viewpoint, writes John A. Menaugh
in the Chicago Tribune. He was
short in stature (about feet 4
inches talD, but rugged and muscu-
lar. He had huge eyebrow ridges,
and his head was set almost directly
upon heavy shoulders. He was so
ugly and ferocious in appearance
that it is believed the European
legends of the ogres arose from his
early presence on the continent. The
Neanderthal men are thought to
have entered Europe from the east
or southeast some time before the
third and last stage of the last great
Ice age. They had flint instruments,
knew the use of fire, and buried
their dead with a display of respect,
but they painted or carved no pic
lures upon the walls of the caves in
which they dwelt.
First of the true men (men of the
same species as those who inhabit
the world today to enter Europe are
known as Cro-Magnons, after the
Cro-Magnon cave of Dordogne,
France. Earliest of this type were
the Aurignacians (named after the
Aurignac cave, Haute-Garonne,
France. They filtered into Europe
from Asia about $4,000 to $4,000
years ago. They employed bone and
flint instruments, burned crude
lamps, drew pictures upon the walls
of caves, wore jewelry made of
shells, and buried their dead with
offerings.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-24
Queens for the Fair

When the Worlds Fair opens in
New York in the spring of 1899, the
dairy industry will be well. repre-
sented. Five breeds of dairy cattle
Ayrshire, Brown-Swiss, Holstein,
Guernsey and Jersey-will each have
thirty outstanding cows IN the
Dairy World of Tomorrow" These
$50 cows will be MIXED in the Bor-
den Building on the Central Mall,
using a rotolactor equipped with mag
netic mixers to do the job Calves
and bulls representative of each breed
will also be on exhibit.
The animals are chosen by a spe-
cial committee from each Breed
Association, and will come from all
parts of the United States and Can
ada as representatives of the best
that the breed can produce. The
Ayrshire COW shown above is one of
the animals chosen.
In this exhibit not only the pro-
duction of milk will be demon
strated, but the handling, bottling
and sale of it will go forward under
the eyes of the public. About one
third of the milk produced by the
cows of this country is used as
fluid milk. The rest is sold as but
ter, cheese, ice-crean, casein for
paint, billiard balls, paper sizing,
milk sugar for medicines, and in
literally, hundreds of other forms.
The Borden exhibit will tell much
of this story and give a better UNDER
standing of the place the dairy COW,
as exemplifed by these pure-breds,
and the milk distributor play IN the
scheme of things.