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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-28
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page FOM1

l. Who was known as the Great
Pope?
2. What is chronology?
s. What IS the name for nine
sided polygon?
4. From the top of which noun
tain did Moses receive the law?
5. What is the official abbreviatiOn
for Pennsylvania?
6. For what is Kitty Hawk famous?
7. Why are the boots and stirrups
of deceased soldiers reversed at mill
tary funerals?
8. With what sport is the name OF
Beatrice Barrett associated?
9. 10 what plant family does broc-
coli belong?
10. Name the sacred mountain oi
japan.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-28

hour.
The puppet show describes how
the "screwdriver" if left to his own
devices, will ultimately bring him
self to an unhappy and untimely
end. thus Kidding the roads OF the
biggest pest in motordom.
Meanwhile, however, screWdrlVerS
are here in great numbers. The
puppets show what can be done
about that and. how the courteous,
sportsmanlike driver who respects
the rights of others can protect him.
self.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-28

the United States concerning the
tulip festival at Washington have
not only helped publicise that i'm
mediate section of North Carolina.
but have given the State worldwide
advertising, H. van Dorp, owner OF
the Terra Ceia bulb farm and one
of the largest tulip growers OF the
section, said in a letter to the news
bureau of the Department OF Con-
ServatiOn and Development.
II want to thank you for the fine
publicity you put over for this Sec
ton last spring during the tulip fes-
tival', he wrote, "and not only for
this section but for the entire State,
since it really is advertising North
| Carolina in general
Speedometer on the automobile of
j. M. Broughton, Raleigh attorney
and one of the principals in the un-
declared campaign for governor
shows that he has travelled more
than 5000 miles since June l, a
total which will go many times high
er before the end of the campaign
next year.
: Tom Cooper, Wilmington mayor
ought logically to be the Broughton
second choice for governor.
"Take j. M. Broughton," cracks
Tom. Zone of the finest lawyers in
the State When Pm elected, I'll ap-
point him to the first vacancy on
the Supreme Court"
Tom, incidentally, evidently in
tends to "brag" his opponents right
out of the race Of Commissioner al
Revenue Maxwell, he says without
smile:
Cali the estimates were that we'd
get only six million dollars out OF
! the sales tax, but that man Maxwell
is a great hand with figures got
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-28
Capital Gossip
BY HENRY AVERILL

Raleigh, July 28.-J. M. Granger,
engineer of the State Rural Electrl-
fication Authority, recently COM
pleted a huge map OF North caro-.
lima, showing the exact location OF
all rural lines built. Then he heaved
a big sigh of relief. 1t had been
long arauous job and he felt en-
titled to sit back and do a little
gloatlng.
But his self-satisfaction was
short-lived. The map, it turns out,
is too big to hang on the wall OF
any room in the REA suite at the
Revenue building.
Now Engineer Granger is
scratching his head as ne ponders
the problem of displaying his ham
diWOrk.
w. A. S. Douglas, columnist for
the Washington Herald-Times, prob
ably is completely unaware OF the
fact that ne is responsible for the
coming appearance of New York's
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia at Will
mlngton to speak before North Car
olina's law enforcement officers.
Several months ago Douglas
wrote of Wilminglon's Mayor lo.u
Cooper: 8 he is Wiry, dark
haired, fiftyish man of medium size
and = .ynamic personality. He re-
sembles Mayor LaGuardia in about
everything except the extra poun-
'tage the New Yorker carries around
the middle.
Ever since then Tom has been
'>IIiirr | ,.-.rc~irahlo wiz 10 r e
the big towns boss man down to
Wilmington 81 ne CaiI ..lUw o. ~
likeness.
Thirsty Asheville citizens sniff
audibly at stories about suffering
from drought in other sections,
where lack of rain is the only
trouble. The Buncomoe folks face
a minimum drought of two years AS
a result of the ABC election this
week.
Amid all the talk about necessity
for undermining North Cardinals
primary highway system and dis
cussion of whether Or not the
State las Jagged behind others in
the South n the natter Of its oads,
Dudley Baglev. State REA director,
puts in this plug for Tar Heel sec
..u>uy OuteS:
"Of course, there is a lot of COM.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-28

According to a noted reforroo,
betting on horse races indicato~ e
lack of good intelligence. Hmmd d
it's apparent that there's a ll,,l feln'
who never tried to work out U sMo
cessful three-horse parlav '0c-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-28

over the six months period Of q
previous year, or approxim.toi 'ne
per cent. The above figures DO %
include any reserves in connecti"N n not
with any litigation. oo'lOn
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-28

Some natives of the Phjlinrin.
on greeting others, swing onn rpnieS,
in the air. In the United States 'Uol tSa
same method is often used to s ue
goodby. 'dy
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-28

plant from people who don't like
the roads they have, but I've
travelled more than a hundred
thousand miles over North Carolina
secondary roads in the last t" y"
years and I've never yet been kept
from going anywhere because Tie
highway was impassable-and my
travelling has been done in all
kinds of weather, .oo."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-28
FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1899

twelve million. If he's elected gov
ernor, I guess he'll get eighteen"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-28

The State News Bureau Of +',~
Department of Conservation and
DevelupAlvnt iepOl "a, :. wolldel al
play on a full-page layout of the
"Original Show Boat, home port
Washington, N. c., now in it's 26th
year as a floating theater.
The boat, James Adams by name,
gave Edner Ferber the inspiration
for her famous "Show Boat. /
Photos of the boat, its crew in and
out of theatrical costume, have ap-
peared in the Memphis Commercial
appeals Sunday issue as we'll as in
papers in Detroit and at Akron.
After digesting about end endless
arrays of statistics, the National
Safety Council, according to a re-
cent release, comes to the conclusion
that the w. k. human equation is still
one of the leading causes Of high
way accidents, if not indeed the
principal cause. In this conclusion,
Ronald Hocutt and other North
Carolina safety program leaders eX-
press complete concurrence. Says the
Council: MANY drivers have acci-
dents because they are not sufii-
GENTLY concerned to avoid them
They do not really want to have an
accident, neither do they sufficient
ly want not to have one."
There was just about as much
doubt about it as whether a cat will
eat fish, but the Maxwell statement
in Winston-Salem on Tuesday puts
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-11-23
SUCCESS ON THE FARM

Successful farming requires thorough
knowledge of marketing. Realizing this, the
farmers of generation ago organized mar
keting cooperatives, whose main job was to
see that member farmers get fair price
for their goods.
Today problems have arisen affecting a
new generation of farmers. The average
young farmer is often woefully lacking in
the marketing knowledge SO vital to sue
cessful farming.
The Farm Credit Administration has
published a series of pamphlets, entitled
"You and Your Coop" They explain what
marketing cooperation means to the farm
er; how marketing cooperatives are or
ganized,s how they are financed, how they
are managed and how farm products may
be merchandised through such organiza-
tionsgfhe pamphlets nkewtse describe how
to "sizesup,sa eooperaiiveasiin.sorde to de-
eide whether or not you wish to belong.
Cooperation is the key to scientific farm
ing. nformation. such as. thispis invaluable
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-11-23
AMAZING FIGURES

After a study of the costs of wars the
National Economy League has announced
the figures. They are amazing.
The direct cost of our War Between the
States was $3,328,0OO, 900. The interest on
the debt the United States Government
piled up as a result of that was amounted
to $1,572, 100000 in the 26 years that the
debt ran.
But these figures by no means tell the
whole story of the cost of the conflict in
the sixties. To get the entire picture, we
must add the 8,OOOOOO,OOO paid to Union
veterans as pensions up to 1889. This shows
that the War Between the States actually
cost the taxpayers of this country nearly
$13OOO,OOOOOO.
The Spanish War, with it's
subsequent expeditions, cost this country
$528,00O,O00 in direct expenditures. But to
this must be added $47,OOO,OOO interest on
the new war debt and 81 ,405, 00O 900 in pen
sions to date And the end is not yet in
sight.
Inc Q1r6cJ cost OF the WOr1Q war 10 the
United States was $24, 1876, 100000 But the
total cost to date comes to about $57,000,-
100000.
This country spent at the rate of about
$15,0O000O,00O year while engaged in the
World War; But the National Economy
League says that if the United States
should engage in a war today on a huge
scale, it might have to spend at the rate of
$3O,0OO0O0,000 year, and that the national
debt, in two years, might pass the 100000
100000 mark.
All of which adds up to one of the most
powerful arguments that can possibly be
advanced in favor of the Roosevelt admin
istration's policy of keeping the country
out of war.
Of course, the United States could fl
nance another war, but the cost would be
so enormous that nothing short of real
threat to its very existence as free gov
eminent should tempt our government to
try 1.-THE Winston-Salem Journal. $50
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-11-23
A FALLACY EXPLODED

The idea that certain races are superior
in every way to other races, and that they
therefore are entitled to special rights and
advantages is not new one. It is as old as
humanity itself Civilized peoples had gone
long way toward Kidding their thinking
of this false idea when Hitler revived it
with his imaginary "Nordic" race, which
has the sole right to rule others, especially
the Jewish race.
In recent news dispatches from Germany
it is stated that Jewish physicians, scien-
lists and teachers have been called back
into service in Germany. AS Secretary of
Agriculture Wallace epitonized the matter,
"the racial situation in Europe is so con-
fused that even the Nazi theorists have
been appalled,, and have found it necessary
to retreat from the concept of a Nordic bo-
dy to that of a Nordic SOUL
Mr. Wallace, whose reputation apart
from his official heridity, stated that there
is really no such thing as pure race, in
used by fanatics, but the idea of a racially
pure stock has great emotional appeal, and
is also used for political and economic pur
poses to fool many people,"
And it is not only in Europe that falla-
cious claims concerning mentally superior
racial stocks are made, he pointed out.
They arise wherever people who have diff
ferent manners, habits and customs live in
the same community. Differences in GUS
toms have no relation whatever to racial
differences, nor have differences in reli-
gious beliefs and observances.
So far the common-sense of the Ameri
can people has resisted the efforts of for
eign propagandists to stir up racial preju-
dices. We are not likely to have any more
"witch-hunts" such as we had during the
World War No. l, when everybody with
German-sounding name was under sus-
picion. But there is a steady pressure Of
propaganda being exerted upon the people
of this country in the effort to divide us in
to antagonistic racial groups.
Nothing could be more dangerously I'M
American than that.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-11-23

Chief B. B. GRAPHICAL and other members
of the fire department here, Capt. George
Doggett, and several citizens from Jeffer-
son are to be congratulated for the fine and
entirely voluntary service which they rem
dered last Wednesday and Thursday in
helping to check the worst forest fire that
Ashe county has ever experienced. They
did a splendid job of helping those living
in the fire-zone areas around Three Top
and Peak Mountains conquer fire with
fire Forest fires are costly in many re-
spects. They kill all young timber, injure
wild life, threaten to destroy homes and
other property and dry up valuable mois-
ture which feeds down to the lowlands.
We hope our county commissioners will
"find way to get Ashe county listed on
the map for state and federal fire protec-
ton.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-11-23

The acute shortage of water here and in
jefferson during the past several months
again emphasizes the dire need for more
adequate water supplies. With no water
available suppose fire were to break out
in the business district and a sweeping
wind started tanning and spreading the
flames. What would happen? The results
are obvious and that might happen! Each
fall we experience shortage during the
dry season that always comes. Let's do
something about this alarming situation
before it's too late.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-11-23
COLD STORAGE COOP
is BEING ORGANIZED

Continued from Page One)
opinion such a plant has unlimi-
ted possibilities in this highly di-
versified section and assured the
group that he would be delighted
to cooperate in any way posi-
BILE to put it over and to make it
a success.
Mr.. Fletcher stressed the value
of freezer lockers to individual
farm and town families. with
these lockers farmers can enjoy
good fresh meats the year round
whereas otherwise they might
not be able to afford them," he
said.
He pointed out the fact that
there is a similar plant located
at Lumberton and described it as
being ''hoWling success"
Meat can be slaughtered any
time during the year and kept in
the locker and used or sold when
ever the owner so desires, it was
explained.
Mr.. Jones declared that from a
mechanical standpoint, freezer
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-11-23

Electricity on the Poultry Farm
It is well known that electric
light in the poultry house during
the fall and winter months pro-
duces real profits from greater
production when prices are high
est The cost is very little. An
other factor which increases egg
production during the winter is
warmed drinking water. If the
water is warmed hens drink on
the average of rs percent more
water during the cold weather.
There are several types of cleo
trio heaters available for warm
ing drinking water for poultry.
The cost for current used is neg
ligible, since ordinary Is to IS
watt heaters are used. The cleo
trio incubator is so far superior
to any other type that very few
incubators now available are
other than electric. Power con-
sumption is from $50 to 800 kilo-
watt hours for 1000 eggs incu-
bated.
The electric brooder is one of
the most valuable appliances for
the farm. It insures a constant
supply of clean, warm air, pro-
viding adequate circulation with
out drafts. The electric brooder
places all the heat where it is
needed-into the hover-and
maintains the scientifically tenn
perature. It produces faster and
more vigorous growth of we'll
featured chicks, with a tremen-
dous reduction in labor, and eli
inmates fire hazard. The electric
brooder comes in various sizes;
be sure that the one you get is
large enough. Average power
consumption is one-half kilowatt-
hour per chick C weeks).
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-11-23
Retirement Plan Is Adopted
At State Baptist Conven ton
More Than 1,5OO on Hand for
Opening of Annual Con-
ventiOn In Winston.

WINSTON-SALEM, Nov 2l.-
More than 1900 North Carolina
Baptists in session at First Bap-
fist church here at the 106th an
nual state convention experienced
a full and inspirational program
at which matters of Importance
were transacted. e - a-'s-..-.---,->
The Baptist hospital here and
the Bowman Gray foundation for
the Wake Forest medical school
have been the central objects of
discussion during today's session.
christian Discipleship" is theme
for the three-day meeting. Dis
cipleship in preaching, healing
and teaching have had the, right
of way during the entire day.
Adoption of ministers re-
tirement plan, designed TO elimi-
nate "the age-old fear of Deepen
dence in old age", was the first
important action Of, the conven-
ton. Details of, the plan were ex-
planned by DR.. E. Norfleet Gard
nef, of Henderson, North. Caro-
lima, representative at the recent
meeting of the Baptist relief and
annuity board in Dallas, Texas,
and DR.. J. T. Watts of Dallas,
Texas.
1t was explained that the plan,
already adopted in nine states,
will become operative. in North
Carolina January I, 1910. Under
it 4 per cent of the annuity fund
is taken from the individual min
ister's pay, 4 per cent is subscrib-
ed by the individual church and
$18 yesrly by the state conven-
ton.
New officers elected were: Rev.
Oscar Creech, AhoSkie, president;
Rev. J. A. Sullivan, Hickory, vice
president and Rev. r.. c. Foster,
Leaksville, secretary. r. N.
Simms was elected chairman and
M. A. Higgins was reelected
general secretary for the ninth
time.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-11-23
loo.

Caution to hunters-the quail and grouse
season opens next Thursday and you are
urged to remember a few facts: first it is
against the law to sell these birds; second,
it is a violation of the law to shoot these
birds on the ground; third, it is unlawful
to- hunt from a car or to shoot across a pub
lie highway; fourth the law requires that
careful with cigarettes, matches, or small
fires that you build to keep warm by, Don't
start another forest fire!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-11-23
Early Scottish
Clans History
Is DrannatiZed

FAYETTEVILLE, Nov. 20. "A
folk play by Paul Green drama
tizing the colonial history of the
Scottish clans which settled the
Cape Fear county had its prem
iere tonight in the old Lafayette
Opera House here.
The play will be presented each
night through Friday as part of
Fayetteville's week-long celebra-
ton of the 20Oth anniversary of
the settling of the Scots in the
Cape Fear Valley.
Tomorrow at noon there will
be a pageant commemorating
three epochal acts of the North
Carolina constitutional assembly,
meeting here on November FL,
Decentralization of the constitu-
ton, session of the territory of
Tennessee, and chartering OF the
University of North Carolina.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-11-23
ASHE SCHOOLS WIN
HONORS IN FESTIVAL

Continued from Page One)
Lansing, "A Quiet Home Wed
ding; Boone, "The Neighbours;
Newland, Chloe; Fleetwood,
"Job's Kinfolks';; Bethel, BE
Home by Midnight; Jefferson,
"Neighbors'',
Directors of the music division
of the festival were Miss Natalie
Purdom, J. Elwood Roberts, Cor
don Nash and Virginia Wray. Ap-
palachian music department; Mrs
Fred Lewis, Blowing Rock; H. M
Brady, Bethel; Mrs. A. N. Hamp-
ton, Cranberry; Ruth c. Lewis
Elkland; Mrs. R. c. Vaught
Fleetwood; Alfredo Hapes, New
land and Mrs. Margaret Phillips
West Jefferson.
In the line of playcraft work
Prof. A. Antonakos, presiding d.
rector, had the assistance of Mrs
K. H. Johnson and Ed Rivers, OF
the Appalachian faculty; w. T
Wilson, Blowing Rock; Mrs. S. F
Horton, Cove Creek; Mrs. A. H
Hampton, Cranberry; Mrs. R.. c.
Vaught, Fleetwood; Mrs. Ray
Clark, Lansing; Mrs. c. L.
Stroupe, Newland, and Elizabeth
Speers, West Jefferson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-11-23
Ashe Students
Winners In Drama

The annual Appalachian High
School Association Arts Festival
was held at Appalachian State
Teachers College ing Boone on
Monday, November 20 at which
time schools from Ashe, Avery,
and Watauga Counties participa-
ted in the presentation of one act
plays and musical numbers.
The winners in the dramatic
field were Newland, first place,
Cove Creek; second place; Boone,
third place and Fleetwood and
Lansing tied for fourth place.
An outstanding actor from each
play was chosen and Miss June
Smith was given this honor in
the West Jefferson group. The
character of Grandmother in the
Fleetwood play was selected as
the best ''old" character in all
the plays.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-11-23
Germany Accused
OF Law-Breaking
Eleven Ships Sunk over Week
End. Many Belong To
Neutral Nations.

LONDON, Nov. 2O.-British ma
val authorities, suggested tonight
after the weekend sinking of II
ships and possible loss of 1876 lives
that Germany is resorting to the
indiscriminate laying of magnetic
mines following her failure to
blockade Britain by U-boat war
fare.
Ship losses reported today
reached five when word was re-
ceived of the sinking of the A.
915-ton British steamer Arlington
Court off the Irish coast with q
possible loss of II lives.
British naval authorities attrib-
uted most of the sinkings to Ger
many's alleged sowing of 'unan-
nounced mine-fields off the Eng
lish coast in utter disregard Of
international law"
Six of the II vessels sent to the
bottom saturday, Sunday and to-
day were neutrals. Five were
British. Several others limped in
to port after being damaged.
The magnetic mines which Bri-
fish quarters suggested Germany
might be sowing are mines
moored to the ocean floor or con-
siderably below the surface and
detonated by magnetic apparatus
when ship approaches.
The British, claiming that all
of their mines are rendered harm
less if they should break from
their moorings, said they had not
used magnetic mines so far in this
war. They used them, however.
during the World War.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-11-23
BRANDON NEWS

Rev. MIR. Startling preached his
first sermon at Bethel Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John May of
Clifton visited his sister, Mrs.
Stuart Carter, on Sunday.
Mr.. Roby Blevins has been sick
for the past week.
Mr.. Banner Powers visited his
mother Mrs. Fannie Powers
Sunday.
Mr.. Carl Shepherd has returned
home from w. Va.
Mrs. Elizabeth Blevins spent
Sat. night with her daughter,
Mrs. Bonnie Farmer.
Mrs. D. P. Stanley has been ill
for a few days.
, Rev. ,Buford Sexton attended
the meeting at Union Saturday
and Sunday ...s-....,.@.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-11-23

lockers are entirely satisfactory
and do the job they are built to
do.
w. B. Austin expressed the be-
lief that this cooperative is the
finest thing that Ashe farmers
and business men have attempted
to perfect in many years.
There will be no liability
whatever except the $40 member
ship fee," he said.
At the conclusion of the meet
ing survey blanks, to determine
the amount of space which mem
bers desire for the storage Of po-
tatoes, apples, beans, eggs, but
ter and other products, were dis
tributed with the request that
each member fill them out as soon
as possible.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-11-23
ATTENDED MEETING
IN WINSTON-SALEM

A large number from Ashe
county attended the conference
on evangelism held in Winston
Salem this week. Among those
who were present were Rev. j.
w. Luke, Miss Lois Calhoun, Miss
Katherine Hunt, Mrs. j. P. CAL
ward, Mrs. E. F. Scott, Miss Eve
lyn Brown, Mrs. Orion Sheets,
Mrs. Frank Severt, Mrs. Fred
Bare, j. c. Crawford, ]. A. Bile
wins, Victor Clark, Jack Richard
son, Mont Darnell, and Rev. r.
H. Stone. Miss Evelyn Brown
took part on the program, sing
ing a solo. ,.ve,,,,. ss,.. "a. ..9sy-