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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-11-02
Senate Passed The Neutrality
Revision Bill $3.50, Friday

WASHINGTON-The neutrali-
ty revision bill, urged by Presi-
dent Roosevelt as the path to
peace" and condemned by isola-
tionists as the ''first step" into the
European war, was passed by the
Senate Friday night and sent to
the House which will take it up
Tuesday.
The roll-call vote was SO to 80.
For passage were 81 Democrats,
eight Republicans and one indie
pendent. Voting against were IL
Democrats, Is Republicans, two
Farmer-Laborites and one Pro-
gressive.
The vote climaxed four weeks
of special-session debate which
began in scholarly atmosphere
and ended with tired members
exchanging personal invective.
Surveys by Democratic leaders
indicate the administration also
will win in the House, but by a
slim margin. The chamber hopes
to dispose of the bill by next Fri
day, followed Immediately by
sine die adjournment.
The Senate verdict never was
in doubt, in line with assurances
given to President Roosevelt be-
fore he called the extraordinary
session.
I The isolationists, who privately
conceded defeat, were unable to
shake the administration MAORI
| ty. They kept debate going, how
ever, with hope that cumulative
pressure from back home will
Agive them a triumph in the
House.
Crux of the fight was the man.
datory arms embargo. The ad-
ministration contended that the
embargo, as it operates under the
1857 neutrality act, is un-neu-
trail because it favors land pow
ers such as Germany which can
get war materials from nations
she has conquered.
By it's action the Senate re-
pealed the embargo and authoriz-
ed sale of arms, ammunition and
war materials to all nations, in
Guiding belligerents, but the lat
ter must buy them on a strict
"take-title" and a ''cash-and-car-
ry'' basis. These safe guards are
intended to protect the nation
from being drawn into war
through the sinking of American
ships laden with war weapons.
Under the plen, belligerents
purchasing munitions in this
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-11-02

tor McMichael to Jefferson where
we are holding the October term
of Ashe County Superior Court.
All the way from the foot of
the mountains above North
Wilkesboro to Jefferson, I gazed
upon a picture that fairly took
my breath away; picture pal
ted by that unseen mystic hand
that traces the never-fading green
upon pine, and laurel and cedar,
but mingled with the green there
was the red of the oak, the yell
low of the poplar, the brown of
the hickory, the black of the wal
nut, the scarlet of the sassafras,
the gold Of the maple, the pink
of the sumac, the lavender of
the locust, the crimson of the
birch, and the gray of the cling
added it's ruby splendor, and the
blackgum and the dogwood, man
tied in purple, tinged with
orange, blended their brilliant
hues with all the rest, until the
mountain sides seemed to be i'm
mersed in all the respondent CO.
lors of the rainbow; a picture of
such rare and exquisite beauty
that the Divine Painter Himself
has dared to surpass it only in
the moulten and empurpled
splendor of His sunset skies.
Never was there a region more
beautiful than our mountain will
derness. Hill and valley, timber
land and thicket, meadow and
"bald spots," wild grass land and
naked cliffs, abound on every
hand in happy distribution of
light and color.
Ours is a land rugged with
towering mountains, indented
with fertile valleys, crowned with
waving forests, canopied with
foliage of deepest green, and
resting on foundations of ever
lasting granite. It is a land of
sparkling fountains, 1impid and
pure as the dews of Heaven, bub-
ling up from every vine-clad hol-
low and hidden glen. It is land
of roaring cataracts, dancing cas-
cades, murmuring rivulets, Draw
ling brooks, and laughing rills,
ripping in eternal melody; and
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-11-02
Want To Cleanup
N. C. Beer Outlets

RALEIGH, Oct. 31.-The Bre-
wers and North Carolina Beer
Distributors Committees cam
paign to rid communities OF OBJ
iiectionetb4fe beer outlets has been
extended into the eastern, west
ern and piedmont sections OF the
state.
During the month of October,
the committee petitioned the
boards of commissioners of four
counties to revoke the retail beer
licenses of nine dealers. lntor-
nation On which other petitions
will be based was compiled dur
ing the month and will be filed
with other boards in November,
it was announced.
Colonel Edgar H. Balm, OF
Goldsboro, State Director IN
charge of the beer industry's
"clean up or close up" campaign
in North Carolina, filed petitions
requesting the revocation of three
licenses in Buncombe, three IN
New Hanover, two in CASTOR, end
one in Brunswick county. The
director Based the petitions on
the allegations that these retail
ers had operated beer outlets in
violation of the law and the pub
lie welfare.
"Our committee has been or
ganized to clean up or close up
the retail beer outlets in North
Carolina which are guilty of un-
lawful, immoral and disorderly
conduct" the Colonel remarked.
1--WE have received the commen-
dalton of state and local officials,
law enforcement officers and the
press in our drive to rid COM
munities of Objectionable places.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-11-02
Clean Chinneys
Prevent Fires

Winter is now here and the ru-
raj family is finding use for
its heating system, whether it be
a furnace, a stove, or an open
fireplace.
Each of these types of heating
plants has a chimney, and right
now is the best time to clean that
chimney and check it fer cracks
which might cause disastrous
fires, advises Prof. David S. Wea-
yer, Extension agricultural engi-
neer of State College. "Of course,
if stove pipe is the only outlet
for smoke, there is all the more
reason to take precautions be-
cause this type of equipment is
usually a greater fire hazard" he
they usually have the necessary
water pressure to properly fight
added.
Prof. Weaver pointed out that
stopped-up chlmneys will cause
sparks to pour back into a room
and set fire to furnishings, and
often are the cause of spontan-
eous combustion. Also. chimneys
built on wooden supports or built
out of cheap mortar and soft
bricks are likely to crack. Sparks
60 through the cracks to the wood
or other inflammable material.
and a fire is started.
Rural families need to take ex-
ira precautions" said Prof. Weav-
er, ''because they do not have
the benefit of trained freight
ers found in the cities, nor do
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-11-02
State Symphony
Will Be Revived

CHAPEL HILL, Oct. 29.-The
North Carolina Symphony Or
chestra which had a big success
four years ago under the direc-
ton of Lamar Struggled but
which disbanded later because of
lack of funds has been revived IN
Chapel Hill through the efforts of
Colonel Joseph Hyde Pratt, presl-
dent of the North Carolina SYM
phony Society.
DR.. Benjamin F. Swain of the
university music department has
been made conductor and the or
chestra will have possibly 65
pieces. Around Is of the musi-
slams will be Chapel Hillians and
others will come from various
sections of the state.
At a meeting here Colonel Pratt
and his associates planned to give
the first concert before Christ
mas. It is expected to be held in
Durham, followed by a concert
here in January.
Members of the Charlotte Sym
phony Orchestra have offered to
cooperate and schedules will be
made so that nc conflicts in con-
cert dates will occur. It is also
hoped that some of the Charlotte
musicians will be able to play
with the state symphony.
Robert Tinker is treasurer of
the North Carolina Symphony
Society and Paul Green will be
chairman of the committee.
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rolling ridges, dark gorges, deep
ravines, verdant dales, and ex-
tended landscapes, sweeping
away until they meet in the far
off rim of the sky. Ours is a land
of bright rivers, embarked in
emerald and adorned with flow
ers, shimmering in sunlight and
moonlight and starlight, and
rushing like liquid diamonds be-
tween the hills, from original
source to rolling plains, and then
flowing on to empty their pellu-
cid waters into the restless sea.
Surely such a land, with it's
mountains, rocks and streams, its
hills, gorges and ravines, its trees,
plants, and flowers, clothed in
the imperial draperies Of its light
and shadow, its salubrious eli
mate and Incompatible atmos-
phere, is like unto the land which
Moses described, when he stood
upon Mount Nebo and beheld the
Promised Land:
"And that We may prolong your
days in the land which the Lord
sware unto your fathers to give
unto them and their seed, a land
that floweth with milk and hon.
ey
But the land, whittier We 60 to
possess it, is a land of hills and
valleys, and drinketh the water
Of the rain of heaven; a land
which the Lord thy God careth
for; the eyes of the Lord thy God
are always upon it, from the be-
| ginning of the year unto the end
of the year."
Since the completion Of our
magnificent system of highways
and community roads, have had
the privilege of visiting even the
remotest communities of all our
mountain counties, and I have
visited no country that has more
fertile soil, or better crops, or
more beautiful landscapes, or a
finer citizenship than the great
historic county of Ashe.
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Judge Felix Alley Praises
Ashe County For Its Fine
Citizenship And Scenery
Describes Autumn in AShe AS
Being About the most Beau
tifuI He has Ever Seen.

Ashe county's beautiful noun
tain scenery, fertile valleys and
fine citizenship were highly
praised by Judge Felix Alley in
an article written last week
while he was holding court in
Jefferson.
It is one of the most classic
and beautiful tributes ever paid
to Ashe county and its people.
The article is as follows:
On yesterday afternoon, came
from Winston-S Salem with Solici-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-11-02

One of the most worthy caus-
es sponsored by the Rotary
Club was the free eye clinic
held in West Jefferson a few
days ago. Which reminds us,
protect your eyes by proper
lighting so you will not need to
attend an eye clinic. Come in
and see our beautiful I. E. S.
floor lamps. With purchase of a
floor lamp at 1895 we give free
two beautiful Pin-It-Up lamps
valued at 1895, or one Student
lamp; price includes bulbs, Csc
down and $1.O0 per month. This
special offer eligible only to
our electric customers.
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country must pay cash, take title
to the goods and transport them
in their own ships. Nations only
'nominally at war;" such as
Canada, New Zealand, Australia
and the Union of South Africa
are exempt from the "take-title"
provision.
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a fire.

q Ire.
1.-THE chief cause of fire is care
lessness. 1t may be divided into
two types of carelessness-one
with the material used in con-
struction CT the house and its
care, and the other with the &C
emulation of inflammable ma
terials in such places as to Gre
ate a hazard"
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PAGE THREE

The Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation has forecast that
during the second year of it's ope-
ration more than 100000 insur-
ance contracts on the 1910 wheat
crop will be in force.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-11-02

Mr.. R. H. Hardin is still con-
fined to his bed. His condition re-
mains about the same.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-11-02

Mrs. Ben N. Miller has return
ed to Columbia, S. c., after a
short visit with her parents DR..
and Mrs. J. G.. Gambill
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G. T. Robbins, Div. Mgr.
"Your friendly neighbour
Evening star., 1939-07-02
Star Glass Yachting
Backed by Sailors
OF 40 Nations
Cory. Pioneer Of Sport
In U. S., Helps Spread
1t Around World
BY LAWRENCE PERRY,


NEW YORK, July 1.-George A.
Cory, commodore of the Interna-
tional Star Glass, will sail for Ger
many on the liner New York August
3 to preside over the regatta of the
international Stars which begins at
Kiel August 2l.
1t has so happened in the last
few months that a line on the i'm
mediate intentions of the rulers Of
foreign nations with regard to war
has been obtained through the me-
dium of international sport. When,
for instance, England last April
seemed to be on the verge of plung-
ing into armed strife, assurances
received by Harold Vanderbilt that
1t would be safe for him to come to
England with his new 12-meter
sloop, Vim, for a summer of racing
IN the waters of the British Isles
was reasSuring in circles far more
important than yachting.
Forty Nations Sail Stars.
So with advices received by the
A. A. u, with respect to the athletes
1t is sending abroad this summer to
various European nations.
Commodore Cory has been ad-
vised by the German association.
that affairs will 60 forward without
hitch. First he will visit Walter Won
Hutschler, winner of the star cham
plonShip in the regatta at San Diego
last summer, in the German yachts
mans home in Hamburg and later
VIII be guest of the German star
sailors at Kiel.
Commodore Corrys significance
as promoter of international amitv
through sport ought not to be over
looked. Mainly through his activ-
tues, the star class of sailing yachts
has taken firm hold in 40 nations
and is Informed with a peryading
spirit of good-fellowship.
SO popular are the craft that the
German Navy carries As of them on
the decks of its battleships. In port
they are set afloat and reeattas held
The Italian Navy also carries As
OF the sloops upon its vessels. French
war vessels carry % and the United
States Navy keeps IL of them in
commission at Annapol
All Stars Similar.
The popularity of the sloops lies
in the fact that under the rules of
the class it is not permissible to
change their design or their sail
area. So throughout the world all
stars measure within five-eiehts of
an inch. Two hundred builders in
various nations are turning them
out
japanese and Chinese are building
and racing them at Shanghai and
Yokohama and while armed strife
IN the Far East prevents their ap-
pearance at international regattas
they are active in their local waters,
George Cory. now II. hale. hearty
and so much of an athlete that his
morning exercises include standing
upon his head. started the class in
1911 when. under his influence. "a
stars were built at Port WASHINGTON
Long Island OF those original boats
the commodore's little dipper alone
remains and he races her every
summer.
Evening star., 1939-07-02
Mackere| Is Limited
To Life Expectancy
OF II Seconds
Nature Takes Big Toll
Of TriIIions Of Eggs
Deposited Yearly

Nature. though extremely prolific,
also is extremely wasteful.
That is why closed seasons some
times fail to benefit species of fish
that may, for one reason or another.
have been brought close to exter-
mination.
For instance. mature female
Goldfish may deposit anywhere from
100000 to 100000 eggs. From
this one might think that COM
paratively small number of breeding
fish would be necessary to stock the
entire ocean. But such is not the
case, for the loss of eggs and small
fish is terrific.
Scientists who have made collec-
tions on the spawning ground of
mackerel estimate there may be as
many as 500,000,000 mackerel eggs
floating on single square mile of
water at one time. AS the principal
spawning areas of the mackerel
cover about $4,000 square miles, 1t
is thought that often there may be
in that area as many as 100 200, ,000,-
100000 eggs.
But what happens? Nature steps
in and takes such enormous toll
that virtually all the fish Matched
out die before they reach the end
of their larva life.
Experiments made showed a
mortality up to SO 996 per cent dur
ing that period, which means that
of every 100000 eggs spawned only
four mackerel were alive at the
end of IL weeks
Somebody has figured that baby
mackerel has a life expectancy of
about q seconds.
And that is why the mackerel,
cod and other prolific species have
not crowded the water out of the
oceans long before this.
Evening star., 1939-07-02
Katherine Thompson
Likely 10 Abandon
Wafer for Air
Flying Interferes With
Troinine for Swims,
Champion Finds
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
FORT L I'D ERDALE. Fla
Katherine Rawls Thompson, the
little Florida flash, soon may quit
competitive swimming.
She's about decided to give up
competitive swimming after she
defends her four championships in
the national outdoor meet this
summer says her husband. Ted
Thompson. manager of the NUM-
cipal airport here.
Katie is spending so much time
flying that she can't find time to
train properly for swimming she
lost in the national indoor cham
pionships because she wasn't in
condition. but she has been train
ing earnestly for the outdoor meet" -"
This may be her last year in the
national championships, but Kath-
crime very likely will represent the
United States in the 1910 Olympics.
She finished second in diving in the
1882 and 1886 Olympiads. Katie
would like to climax her career
with an Olympic championship, so
she plans to take another fling.
Evening star., 1939-07-02
~ ths Associated PfsaA
CAMBRInGE Md

CAMBRIDGE. Md. July l.
Capt Samuel H. Tolley cast q
weatherwise eye toward the sky,
speculated a minute in the un-
hurried manner of an Eastern
Shore skipper and allowed that
In 81 years of fishing that 1,100-
pound sturgeon took the cake.
OF course, there was that half
ton turtle and the 5000 pounds
Of bluefish caught in one haul,
and in 81 years of fishing a man
will encounter a lot of things to
remember but that stur-
Capt. Tolley. at SO, is the dean
Of Chesapeake Bay fishermen.
For 81 years he's piled his trade
and right now he has II fish
traps set in the bay. There were
IS men fishing on Hoopers Island
when he started; he's the only
one of the lot still on the job.
But about that sturgeon, cap
tain.
We'll, YOU never can tell what's
coming when you near the traps,
Evening star., 1939-07-02

away and that lots or out of town
casters plan to come here and show
Washington how it should be done.
Let's fool 'em.
Miss Lois Hechinger of the West
chester Apartments has been award
ed a membership in the Flying
Fisherman Club, and We believe
she is the first local woman mem
ber. The Flying Fisherman Club
Is sponsored by Eastern Air Lines
and is quite an exclusive organiza-
ton, made up of persons who have
flown to Florida and caught big
game fish.
Miss Hechinger gained admittance
to the club with her catch of a 90
pound sailhsh measuring 5 feet
10 inches. The catch, made in the
Gull Stream off Miami, was at
tested by Capt. Joseph B. Reese of
Miami Beach. We welcome her as
fellow club member.
Condensed Fishing Reports.
c Sasquehanna River at ConowInso Dam
Cspt. Paul SWeisart--Very eooo catches of
:ock anG pike '!'is las. week. Out!ook
good WIN ''-o'h
=, susauehanna River at Old Rock Run
MIL Mill CAPT. ": w Wilkinson-Rock strik-
ing slow, but pike better. Indications
point to some good bass catches after ses >
Middle River Md. Capt. Leo gruet,.-
Fan, Far catches Of hardhead up to II. pounds
easa, spsrraay asye pui5t taken Mo 10 rock yet.
Kel-Rock catches picked up some over ia st
week. Croakers plentiful
Little Greek. Del. Capt Irwin Pleas
snton-Slieht fall off of croakers and trout
out expect Improvement
Point Pleasant and Breille N i
Plenty of 90 to SO pound tuna taken
Wednesday. Fair catches of stripers and
few few blues in the surf
d; wildwood Crest, N. J.. Capt Robert
Elounders. sea bass croakers, trout, etc.
Took 300 one trip WV
Ocean City, Md, Capt Crawford Savage
HBiues aisn ,. have =, slowed up but marlin being
SHADY Side Md, CAPT. sn'fs r IS iieeterE.eo ietr.
to 80 croakers: late afternoon best. Rock
spotty 10 to so per trip trolling.
y, Broomes Island. Md, Capt. H. c. Ell
ii,o',nhCsaehinR nc H. sa, plenty OF hardhead here
Solomons, Md. Capt Harry Woodburn.
ou 10 80 hardhead trip; rock 5 TO 15:
each 8 to 5 pounds, are taking bug-eye
streamers nicely
>, Oxford, Md. Capt Buck Stevenson
Very good catches of croakers and ) ~ :
pound rock trolling and Cumming. Took
I Deals Island, Md, Capt. ]. R. Camp
oeai|Satcnes holding up well. Trout in
Crisneld. Md. Capt. William G Hol.
land-Good catches croakers. kings and
trout here. Outlook GOOD. ""o
Chlncoteasue Va. Stanley NJ Turlins-
Evening star., 1939-07-02

large and fierce and unwieldy we
had to be satisfied with tieing a
rope to one of its flippers and
towing it 4 miles. Commercially,
it was of little value, but thou
sands of persons came to see it,"
And the blueflsh. 1t was in the
fall of the year, Capt. Tolley re-
called, when there were so many
In the bay. I was in no hurry
to get to our nets that morning.
In fact. the tide was running. very
strong. and we had hove to- in a
cove on Barren Island.
The water was cloudy, and I
saw nothing unusual about our
one trap as we approached to
close the funnel. But as we be-
gan to raise the net it became
alive with activity. 1t was the
greatest sight that I ever have
seen.
We loaded one dory to the
gunwales. The blues with their
sharp teeth and savage biting
ripped the bagging out of our
dipnet before we were much more
than half loaded"
Evening star., 1939-07-02
Capture Of 11O0Pound Sturgeon Bay Vets Big Thrill
copt To Also Londs Half Ton

you know, and everything was
calm and peaceful that day
until We closed the funnel and
started to overhaul the net"
Then things began happening;
the sturgeon broke water"
That was a beautiful fish; II
feet long, he was.
I'VE landed him by having him
fish through moose. and then
We frightened the rope. After
we landed him I thought he
would wreck our small boat bv
spanking the planks off the bot
tom with his tail.
Our men had to be careful,
too: one flap with his tail might
have broken a mans leg"
The captain cashed in on that
sturgeon.
I'VE got 50 a pound for the
roe (Which weighed more than
200 pounds) and 40 cents a pound
for the meat" the captain re-
called.
And how about that turtle
the one that weighed a half ton9
"As for the turtle, 1T was so
Evening star., 1939-07-02

in the West. making the Eastern
affair the largest event of its kind
this side of the Mississippi, The en-
tire length of both the Rejecting
Pool and the Rainbow Pool fns been
made available to the club by the
Interior Department. so casting may
be done in any direction made nee
esSarv by the wind. if any.
The program OF this years
events will extend over both
days, with a banquet Satur-
day night as an additional
feature.
Saturday morning the distance
fly, salmon fly and three-eighths
distance events will be decided. The
flve-eighths distance will be run off
Saturday afternoon Sunday morn
ing is set aside for the accuracy
tests in the wet and dry fly and the
three -eighths. leaving the entire
Sunday afternoon for the largest
class entry of all, the fve-eighths
accuracy.
Prize List Lengthy.
Cups have been provided for the
winner Of all events and prizes for
those finishing near the top. A
large cup will be awarded to the
all-around Eastern champion.
The entrance fee is 81 for
each event. with a minimum
of 81. A fiat fee of S. will enter
casters in all events.
In addition to that, the club has
arranged 50 Sunday special
as entrance fee to the four ac-
curacy events that day. Plugs and
flies will sa furnished. and the plugs
will be stamped appropriately as a
souvenir of Washington and the
tournament.
Local casters should be practicing
at every opportunity-this morn
ing. for example-to help Wash
ington. the host city, make a good
showing. Take your tournament
tackle down there and practice every
event you plan to enter. You also
may enter in advance and obtain
your banquet tickets from any Off
Ger of the club. They all will be on
hand this morning as we'll as this
coming Saturday afternoon and
next Sunday morning. Remember
that the tourney is only two weeks