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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-29
Hospital Drive
Is Now Nearing
The $4,000 Mark
Good Response from Large
Number Seen During Past
Week. Going Strong.
NAMES ARE GIVEN

The Ashe County Hospital AS
ISOLATION drive is now nearing the
$4,000 mark, according to reports
from the campaign directors last
night.
During the past week a number
of peaple have been contacted in
various parts of the county and
the response has been splendid,
Wade Eller stated.
The following is a partial list
of the shareholders who have
subscribed since last publication
of names:
Paul Rotten, Thomas Penning-
ton, I. M. Cook, G. B. Mcmillan,
Mrs. Tom Doggett, D. C. Good
man, G V Stansberry, M. M. Wea-
yer, E. c. Eller, L. M. Faw, Jacob
D. Wagner, Joseph A. Martin,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Barr, Mrs.
Reed Porter, and F Marion Jones.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-29
Big Revival Is
In Progress At
Mountain View
Rev. M. L. Chappell Is Doing
the Preaching, Assisted
By Other Ministers.

One of the biggest revival
meetings that has been held in
Ashe county this year is in pro-
gress at Mountain View Metho-
dist church on the Green Valley
charge.
The meeting has been going on
for the past three weeks and
there are four or five churches
participating in the revival.
Rev. M. L. Chappell, pastor
who is conducting it with the as
sistance of Rev. Claude Eastridge
and other local preachers, an
nounces that the meeting will
continue through the month of
July.
Large crowds are attending
each service and to date a total
of 70 have been converted, it is
reported.
About fifty persons will be
baptized Sunday afternoon at
two o'clock. Some of them will
be baptized in New River near
the home of Jack Thomas and
others at the church.
Everybody is cordially invited
to attend all services.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-29
Contributors To
Health Dept.
Asked Pay Up

All persons who have not paid
their pledges to the Health De-
partment are urged to do so at
once.
Miss Weaver said yesterday
that the department needs mo-
ney to pay for this months work
and that there are a number of
pledges that have not been paid.
The fate of the department
will be determined at the regu-
lar July meeting of the board of
county commissioners which will
be held Monday.
At that time the commission
ers will complete their tentative
budget for the new fiscal year,
and set the tax rate.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-29
HEALTH AND HAPPINESS

Americans have long prided themselves
that they have government which stands
for "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happi-
ness" And in recent years 1--WE the people"
everywhere have become educated to the
fact that there can be little happiness with
out health. The two are synonymous.
Federal, state and county health depart
ments have done more for the improve
ment and protection of the health of the
masses of American people than can ever
be estimated in figures and facts.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-29

Spaulding, Will c. Vannoy, Ro-
zert Spaulding, Freeman Sheets,
! Grady Scott, J. L. Houck, Mel
vim c. Walker, Fred Houck, Sol
ONION Wilcox, Walter Grogan,
Clarence Parsons, R. R. Scott,
Reece Windbarger, Cecil Houck,
Austin Parsons, STAGE Houck, Joe
T. Houck, Clyde Parsons, Quin-
cy Walker, L. S. Scott, Worth
! Parsons, Willard G. Grogan,
Jack Worley, Marvin Wilcox,
Tester Sutherland, Lee Ray, Wi
ley Church, Emery Hopkins, w.
A. Lyall, A. M. Frazier, George
Mullis, Floyd Mullis, Coy How
ell, Jesse Ray, Newland Good
man, Raymond Greer, John
Greer, Raymond Grogan, Carl
Greer, Claude Greer, John Tri-
vett, Ramona Moretz.
Ham B. Greer, Robert Trivett,
Kerney Greer, Fred Trivett, Ora
dy Jordan, Allie Jordan, M. D.
Triplett, c, c. Miller, Lennie
Gentry, Clifford Lawrence, A. M.
Spaulding, Fancy Sutherland,
Emmit Friesland, c. R. Gentry,
Howard Norris, Dewey Moretz,
Fillmore Bentley, David Wine
barger, Walter McGinnis, Eu-
gene Miller, w. D. McNeill, Fred
c. Miller, Paul Bowers, Joe Hart
soc, D. F. Shoemake, Fred Gray
beal, J. E. Osborne, Ben Little,
Kit Kemp, M. M. Lewis, Elmer
Jones.
Charles Lillard, Chess Eller,
James Jones, Barty Rotten, T. J.
Roark, Roy Gilley, Lester Wilcox,
Mrs. R. @. Jones, Roy Elliott, Es-
tel Hartsoe, Herbert Lyall, Lloyd
Bare, Jr., C. O. Jones, Ed Eller,
Will H. Jones, Adolphus Miller,
B. F. Lewis, Hal Pennington,
Theodore Rotten, B. H. Duncan,
Ray knight, Smith Eggers, B. c.
Donnelly, Howard Stanley, Ed
win Eller, Quincy G. Hodge, R.
l.. Jones, Joe H. Garvey, Joe
Johnson, Clifford Marsh, John w.
WEIGH, French Young, J. D. Gill
ely, G. E. Gilley, Ralph Goss,
Roscoe Richardson, Floyd Jones,
Lem GRAPHICAL, Dayton Penning-
ton.
E. E. Sturgill, B. F. Cook, B. S.
Hairless, John H. Helsabeck,
Granville Miller, Jesse Richard
son, Buel Shepherd, Joe Richard
son, Roby Roark, Gilbert Wad-
dell, Charles Pennington, Ever
cite Farmer, James Farmer, Har-
ley Farmer, Clarence Farmer,
Moses Gilley, Bart Osborne,
Worth Jones.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-29
Lawyers Elect
Fred [. Sutton
New President

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, jun.
24-The 41st annual convention
of the North Carolina Bar Asso-
citation closed at noon today with
election of State Senator Fred l.
Sutton of Winston as president.
He succeeds Kingsland Van
Wrinkle of Asheville, who be-
comes an ex-officio member OF
the executive committee.
An address by johnson J.
Hayes, U. S. Judge of Greensbo.
70, and adoption of resolutions
favoring the establishment of {
law institute and a uniform code
of procedure marked the CLOSING
session.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-29
LANGDON SCOTT ATTENDS
BOTH ROTARY CONVENTION

Langdon L. Scott, new secre.
tary and treasurer of the Jeffer.
sons Rotary Club and his wife
returned last Sunday from Cleve-
land, Ohio, where they attend
ed the 30th annual convention OF
Rotary international.
I'VE had wonderful time and
the Rotary convention was the
inspiration of a lifetime" Mr..
Scott said upon returning. After
the convention, they made a trip
over into Canada.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-29
THE BUILDERS CREED

in a hero-tale of Hebrew history it is re-
lated that Nehemiah was given royal per-
mission to return to the land of his fathers
and rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. The
Selfish horde who lived in Jerusalem had
little faith in the young patriots daring
enterprise, So they put forth every effort
to hinder the work. They tried to stop the
project by ridicule. Tobiah, humorist, is
reported to have said: even that which
they are building, if fox 60 up he shall
break down their stone wall"
But it was proven here, as indeed it has
been many other times in history that the
sheer of of the supersophisticatedi is as weak
as water to the man who does not mind be-
ing laughed at. Nor were the threats of
war a great hindrance to the success of
the enterprise. Then when Sanballat, the
leader of the obstructionists, sought par
ley that they might compromise, Nehe-
miah, the practical politician, sent back
from his station on the partially built wall
this reply: Il am doing a great work, so
Here is a young man who refused to
drift aimlessly through life He conceives
his work as something more than merely
ia means of accommodating wealth. He separ-
ated himself from the purposeless multi
tude that saunters down the great high
ways Of life on no more urgent quest than
mere pleasure. He faced the task of re-
building the city walls with a great devo-
ton; he had been lifted above the mean
level of the worlds selfiShness and greed
by great ideal He had dedicated him
self to task which contributed, not to his
own interests and selfish ambitions but
9ne which promised to help others. Like
he child in one of George McDonald's
looks who desired to be an artist in order
hat he might help God paint His clouds
md sunsets, Nehemiah wished to help
God in His wide work.
In every community there are great
eauses to which men might attach them
selves. At the present time, Ashe county
5 no exception. There is the hospital
movement to which any person, young or
do, rich or poor, might attach himself with
vholehearted devotion and strive to make
glorious success No more significant
movement has stirred the finer impulses
p the hearts of Ashe county citizens since
he establishment of the churches and
fhools. Thqse who follow through and see
his great humanitarian institution estab-
Shed will write their names indeliblv on
pe hearts of this and future generations,
pr as time passes the realization will come
Dat Gods hand is in it all and that He
WOULD pave us make provisions for the
ontinu5nce of the work of healing in
which o1r Master participated. So to all
Vho woIld call us from this heroic enter
rise, LEI us say from our various stations
il life: T am doing great work, so that
1fannot come down. BY Rev. w. J. Hun
sIertt, East Or West Jefferson Methodist
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-29
TWO MEN GET Is
DAY SENTENCE EACH

Base Bird and James Clark, OF
the Hurricane township, were
taxed with the cost of court and
sentenced to serve Is days in jail
on a charge of trespassing, by
Magistrate Paul Williams Mon
day.
They were said to have taken
a horse belonging to Fred Be
wins, a deputy sheriff and to have
left the horse in the road.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-29
MRS. COMBS, rs, WAS
BURIED ON THURSDA

Funeral service for Mrs. H:
lie Beatrice Combs of Othe.
was held last Thursday at t
West Jefferson Baptist chu1
with the pastor, w. T. Whittit
ton, in charge.
The deceased who was
years old died in the Wilkes h
pltal after continued illness.
She is survived by her husba.
Harvey Combs and four sm5
children.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-29

Ashe and adjoining county f
merS have a wonderful oppor
nifty to increase their cash
come by getting good cows e
selling their milk to the Kra
Phenix Cheese plant in West ]
ferSon.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-29

Of course you don't want
miss single copy of your COZ
ty paper. Check the label and
your paper has expired, RENE
NOW.
Evening star., 1939-08-17
Crude Rubber Holds
EnviabIe Position
Among Commodities
SuppIy-ond- Demand
Situation Is Healthy;
World Stocks Down
BY j. G. DONLEY,
Special Correspondent of The Star

NEW YORK. Aug. l7.-Among
commodities, crude rubber is in an
enviable position. 1t is to be envied,
not so much because of any price
advance, but because its supply-and-
demand situation is healthy one.
At time, for instance, when the
State of Texas is closing down its
oil wells for a ffteen-day period
because of oversupply, when the
United States Government is pur-
chasing some 25,000 steel bins for
the storage of loan corn so that the
farmers may have room for this
years crop in their own cribs, and
at time when loan stocks of cot
ton are equal to an average good
years crop-by any such compare
sons. rubber is a fortunate COM
modify indeed.
For the facts about rubber are
that the rate of world consumption,
or "absorption, as it is called in the
trade, has been steadily increasing,
while stocks outside restricted areas
have been decreasing In effect,
relating stocks to the rate of con-
sumption, there has been a reduc-
ton of one-third in world stocks
within a year. During the first half
of the current year, in fact, world
stocks of rubber have declined ap-
proximately 100000 tons.
A Controlled Commodity.
Rubber is a controlled commodity
of course, and it was one of the
first to come under that category.
Control is more effective in its case
than could be expected when ap-
piled to commodities with a wider
area of production and more diver
sified ownership of producing lands
In its early years, however, that
control was rather unwise and
brought extreme price advances
which reacted upon consumption of
rubber. In recent years, however,
the International Rubber Regulation
Committee has shown a COM
mendable desire to stabilize the
price of rubber rather than to boost
it unwarrantedly.
LdSI HlOIlIH ADVANCE III snip
ment quotas was case in point. In
order to bring supplies up to an ap-
proximate balance with world de-
mand, the I. R. r. G. took a step
the like of which it had never before
taken. For the first time in it's
existence, the committee changed
the percentage applying to permis-
sable exports for a certain quarter
Of the year at meeting held dur
ing that quarter. 1t raised the
quota for the third quarter to
so per cent at its meeting on July
25, although that quarters quota
had previously been set at SIS per
cent and one month of the quarter
was nearly passed The quota for
the entire second half of 1889 was
set at go per cent, as compared with
so per cent for the first half year.
Strong Sustaining Factor.
With world stocks of rubber in a
steady downward trend. the needs
of our tire manufacturers, with
that industry in vigorous uptrend.
have been strong sustaining factor
on the side of demand. According
to A. B. Tatistcheff, chief statisti-
Evening star., 1939-08-17

clan of the Commodity Exchange.
Inc, shipments of pneumatic cas-
lngs during June rose to 5,733,O0O
units. which is the highest for any
month since June. 1888. when over
100000 units were shipped. Largely
resposible for this increase were
replacement shipments, which rose
to 4.264,296 units, which figure also
is highest for any month since
June, 1888. Shipments of castings
for original equipment purposes are
estimated at 1.370,3l7 units. which
is slightly lower than the May total.
but is more than double the figure
for June, 1888"
Despite the effective control of
rubber shipments and this years
excellent demand. the reasonable
ness Of the regulators is apparent in
the fact that the spot price of No.
ribbed soaked sheets at this center
has risen only little more than
per cent since the beginning of the
current year.
In some degree, it seems probable
that consumers of rubber must feel
some Indebtedness to the continued
progress in development of syn
thetic rubbers for this moderation
in the price ideas of producers of
natural rubber. From the petroleum
industry, for instance, there has re-
Gently come word that technologists
of that industry have succeeded in
extracting from a petroleum gas a
new synthetic rubber with wearing
qualities superior to those of natural
rubber and production costs COM
petitive with the natural product.
BY catalytic refining. butane mole
cules are reformed into rubber
like molecule, and it is estimated
that the petroleum industry an
nually can produce 100000
pounds of synthetic rubber from the
butane now available. That is more
than ten times our 1888 consump-
ton of natural rubber.
Evening star., 1939-08-17
Stock Averages
Compiled by the Associated PressJ
BY VICTOR EUBANK,


NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-Stocks
generally crawled over a slightly
lower trail in today's market.
The one encouraging feature OF
the proceedings, from the stand
point OF analysts, was that selling
dried up to mere trickle. Trans
fers for the five hours were in the
neighborhood of 45O,0OO shares.
While there were few losses Of
around a point, the majority of re-
cessions were in small fractions. In
addition, handful of favorites
managed to close a shade ahead.
AS in yesterdays retreat, brokers
attributed the slip-shod proceedings
to wary traders who refused to step
into the buying range because Of
the latest German-Polish war
rumblings which revived fears the
Danzig row was about to break wide
open and again endanger the peace
of Europe.
On the other hand, many in Wall
Street felt the newest cry of wolf
might be similar to others and that.
Notwithstanding mobilization of Nazi
forces on the Polish border, the
whole thing could turn out to be
one of those poker-playing gestures
which have occasionally rasped mar
ket nerves during the past year or so.
Important investment holdings,
financial quarters reported, were
still intact and market roveS lotelv
have been due mainly to in-and-
out professionals attempting to
catch minor price swings.
Business hopes continued as
price bolstering influence.
Although rails were not particu-
larly responsive, contra seasonal
jump in last weeks freight loadings
served to prop sentiment. Off
shade the greater part of the ses-
sion--some came back at the last
were United States Steel. Youngs-
town Sheet. Montgomery Ward, j. I.
Case, American Telephone, Ana
conda, Westinghouse, Philip Morris,
Phillips Petroleum, Celanese. Loft,
Allis Chalmers and Great Northern.
Resistant were Dow Chemical,
Bethlehem Steel. General Motors.
United States Rubber, International
Harvester. Kennecott. United States
Gypsum and Du Pont.
Evening star., 1939-08-17
Winnipeg Prices
September Muturities
Will Total $40, ,629, 100
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-Corporats
bond maturities during September
will total s40.629, 100, according to
the Standard Statistics Co. of New
York. The number of bonds and
notes making up this total is 80,
of which three amount to $1,000 900
or more as follows: September /,
New York & Erie R. r. I'd ext. SIS,
S2,148,000; September /, Warner
Bros. Pictures conv. IS, $50, 700 900;
September Is, NJ Y. Central Lines
equip. 4l2s, 81 1897 900.
August maturities amounted to
S62, 2,585, 900 and the AZ issues and
portions of issues falling due in
October total $70,963, 100.
Evening star., 1939-08-17
Chicago Grain
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-THE wheat
market developed a downward trend
today after advancing in early deal
ings to the best level of the month
Trade here reflected decline at
Liverpool and there was evidence of
switching of hedges from September
contracts into more deferred de-
liveries, which depressed the May.
1910, option particularly.
Wheat closed unchanged to IS
cent lower compared with yester-
days finish, September, 657s; De-
cember, 6514 Is; corn unchanged to
"a off, September, 434 Is; Decem-
ber, 42ss-14; oats, "a lower to Is
higher,
Evening star., 1939-08-17
Contract Is Awarded
For Five Cargo Vessels
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
The Maritime Commission award
ed yesterday to the Federal Ship
building and Drydock Co. of Kearny,
N. j., contract for the construc-
tion of five cargo vessels of the C-1
design on a bid of $1,sO9,O0O each.
The commission said the five ships
will be sold to the Lykes Bros.
Steamship Co. In addition. the
commission disclosed the Lykes
company will charter the five C-1
ships, for which a contract was re-
Gently given the Tampa Shipbuild-
ing g. Engineering Co. of Tampa,
Fla
All ten vessels will be used on
Lykes lines between Western Gulf
ports and Great Britain.
Evening star., 1939-08-17
International Paper
Completes Plans
For Refinaneing
New $4,000, 900 Issue
Will SuppIont Sinking
Fund Notes Soon Due
Py the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Aug. -Interna-
tlonal Paper Co. has completed ar
rangements with a group of New
York and Boston banks to refund It's
sinking fund notes due in 1910 and
194l by new issue to the same
banks of Sl3,ooo,oOO in secured notes
maturing serially and bearing an
interest rate that will average about
375 per cent for the life of the notes.
The company is a subsidiary of In
ternational Paper & Power Co.
The banks involved are the Chase
National and Bankers Trust Co.,
New York, and First National of
Boston
Evening star., 1939-08-17
Net Of Agricultural
Chemical Declines
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Aug. 17.-American
Agricultural Chemical Co. and sub
sidiaries, manufacturers of fertilizer
in widely scattered plants, reported
net profit for the fiscal year ended
June 30 of s764,694 or sl22 a share,
compared with S1,40l ,076, or 1928 a
share, in the previous fiscal year on
the basis of present capitalization.
Evening star., 1939-08-17
London Bunk Report

LONDON. Aug II Pl.-Bank of Ene-
land statement as of August 10 Gin thou
decrease. sass. Bullion. s47, $40: In.
crease, 227 Reserves 34a51: increass,
p,614. Public deposits. 2T457: decrease,
4,3S9 Private deposits. l3O.445; m
crease. 1882. Government securities,
lli:636; decrease, 3.la5. Other securities.
29.4oS increase, 1870. Ratio of reserve
l6.s per cent last week. Bank rate, . per
Evening star., 1939-08-17
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK. Aug. 17.-Profes-
sional buying and trade price fixing
sustained early gains in cotton fu-
lures today and late afternoon
prices were 3 to points higher
Unfavorable weather reports en-
couraged buying. october at 8.7l
was up 2.
Evening star., 1939-08-17
$50 Tons of Lead Sold

NEW YORK. Aug. II R.-St.
Joseph Lead Co. reported 35Ol tons
of Southeast Missouri pig lead sold
yesterday at $3.50 per 100 pounds.
East St. Louis: 100 tons at $50, New
York, and 100 tons at the New York
average.
Evening star., 1939-08-17
Chicago Cash Market.

CHICAGO Cash Market.
Cash wheat No 3 red 6sl2; (toueh). Ss,
No. 3 yellow. hard tgarlicky. tough, 63
sample grade mixed. "a. Corn. No l yel-
low. 45-45s.; No. l white Lake billinp,.
55i4; No . thigh rate>. 57A. Oats No
gray ~: No. 3 mixed 30'4; No. 3
white. 30H-3l: No. 4. 2ai2: sample grade.
white 2Sia-29. Mailing barley, 41-55:,
nominal; feed barley. 35-4O; No malt
ing barley Iowa) As Rye No . as
Timothy seed 3 365-3aO nominal new
crop per 100 pounds: red top. 8 5o-a 90
nominal. Alsike, 12.0O-l5, nominal (per
100 pounds
Evening star., 1939-08-17
New York Bar Silver

NEW YORK, Aug. II P.-Bar
silver, 35A, unchanged.
Evening star., 1939-08-17

Approximate Soes Of Stocks the NJ Y Stock Exchonoe
4l:oo AN. 100000 1900 Noon ---- 23O 600
100 Pm. 100000 .O0 ooo
Total Sales for day. 100000
sUnit Of trading 10
bankruptcy
6ankruptcy Act or securities assumed companies
Rates OF dividend In tie foregoing
ments based the sem-annus declaration
otHs"lse noteo special or dividends
xo TX olvloend r Ex rights Also o. ext Paid
year Cash stock Accumulated dividends paid or de-
Evening star., 1939-08-17

Cottonseed oil opened steady: September
sob; October, BOOB: December, l3b
January, 5.19b; March. 5.3Ob. Bid.
Evening star., 1939-08-17

A careful driver Is the best safety
device.
Evening star., 1939-08-17
Tres closed 3-5 higher fold)

Cottonseed Oil.
Bleachable cottonseed oil futures closed
4 hisher to ? lower: Sales. 206 contracts.
September, 5.4ob; october. 5.5Ob: Decem-
ssh. '4i'
Bid.
Evening star., 1939-08-17
New Orleans Prices.

New Orleans Prices.
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. II tP.-Cotton
futures told) ranged slightly higher here
today. under covering and trade buying
AT mldsession the market was steady but
Qulet. 3 TO 5 points net higher
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-07-28
EIks Celebrate 18th Anniversary
Outing; Expect 4, 600 Pic,1ickers

Reports from the entire north
west and Canada presage the lar
gest crowd in the annals of its
yearly outings. Unlike past years,
unusual arrangements have been
made for the amusement and en-
tertainment for youngsters be-
tween the ages of and SO. Grown
ups are invited to join the young
sters and spend the day with them
at beautiful Cottonwood Grove
between, toB..-. ...urposesix mbcm
Park. The picnic will start at IL
o'clock noon, Monday, August 7.
When night falls, the younger
element of the grand old herd be-
gin the trek. The world will in
deed be unkind to those who fail
to join the mighty throng. Read
the proclamation. Preparations
are being made for more than
1900 Joy makers. Don't forget
the date, Monday, August 7.
Hello, Bill
PLACE: Beautiful Cottonwood
Grove Park
TIME: monday, August 7.
REFRESHMENTS: Bar-B-Q-
plenty good eats 'neverything.
PROTECTION: All the law in
the land.
TRANSFORMATIONS: Fine bus
service.
TICKETS: SO cents to park and
dance pavilion.
And, oh Bill, that jitterbug con
test.