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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-10

the heaviest injury toll came on Saturday.
And the most dangerous hour was between
seven and eight at night.
Almost 43 per cent of the victims Of ia
tai traffic accidents were pedestrians and
almost half of all pedestrians killed were
either crossing between intersections, or
walking on rural highways.
This year Ashe county people have al
ready been numbered among the nations
highway fatalities and injured victims. Is
it right for the driver of car to save
few minutes of time by speed, at the ex-
pense of life. Take care, take time and you
in turn may save life.
Pedestrians should be brought to realize
that death and injury are often caused by
carelessness on their part The law of
North Carolina says that a pedestrian shall
walk on the left side of the road. Common
sense, and the law of self preservation
should tell the pedestrian how much of the
road to give the motorist He usually takes
what he wants, which is all of the road;
but we contend it is better for the pedes-
trian to move entirely off of the road than
to be carried off injured. Pedestrians on
rural highways can increase their protec-
ton by carrying light of some type Ma
ny person has been killed because he has
not been seen. Let's play safe, be careful,
and take time to save life during the re-
mainder of 1882
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i. n. C.. Alumni
Group Met Fri.
4-COunty Association Formed.
Austin And Johnston
Made Short Talks.

At an interesting banquet meet
ing of the Alumni of University
of N. C. of Ashe, Allegheny, Wa
tauga and Avery counties, held
in Boone at the Daniel Boone Ho-
tel on Friday, plans were per-
fected for a four-county alumni
association. The organization will
be known as the Northwestern
Alumni association of the Great
er University of North Carolina
and will include the alumni of
the University, State College and
the Woman's College.
J. Maryon Saunders, Secretary
of the alumni association of the
University assisted in the organ
ization, and the following Off
GERS were elected: DR.. D. J. Whit
ener, Watauga county, president;
Mrs. w. Bryan Collins, Boone,
secretary and treasurer; Ed M.
Anderson, Ashe county, vice
president; DR.. T. r. Burgess, AL
leghany, vice president; Dr. AL
bert Brown, Avery county, vice
president.
DR.. B. B. Dougherty, president
of A. S. T. c. presented Gov. r.
A. Doughton of Sparta who acted
as POSTMASTER. The chief address
of the evening was given by DR..
A. R. Newsome, head of the his
tory department of the University
of North Carolina.
In his address DR.. Newsome cit
ed interesting statistics and data
concerning the four counties re-
presented at the meeting. He CAL
led upon those present to encour-
age education, both locally and
in the State institutions, as a
means of developing Northwest
North Carolina. In connection
with the University he mention
ed students of this section who
are taking correspondence cours-
es and also numerous requests
from people asking for books and
phamplets from the library.
/ Short talks were made by Re-
preventative Ira T. Johnston,
Trustee of the University, Sena-
tor w. B. Austin and J. Maryon
Saunders.
Those present from Ashe coun-
ty were Mr.. and Mrs. Ira T.
Johnston, Mr.. and Mrs. w. B.
Austin, Mr.. Troy Isaiah Jones
and Miss Eleanor Baker.
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THE STOCK MARKET, AN ASSET

There are many Ashe county institutions
to which every citizen can point with
pride and among the youngest of these is
the West jefferson Livestock Market
which celebrated its first birthday last
week.
Few organizations here, as young in
years, have rendered as great a service to
farmers of Ashe county.
Facts reveal that during the first year of
operation that total of $3.50 animals, in
Guiding all types of cattle, sheep, hogs
mules, horses goats, etc, were sold for
$143,085.73. While these figures are impress
sive for this new West Jefferson institu
ton, they do not tell the entire story. For
when we break them down, we find that
hundreds of farmers have been able to get
good market price for stock right here at
home that would not have been possible
if it had not been for the stock market.
J. Lester Segraves, Walter Stringer and
Edison Thomas who opened the market
last year as an experiment, are to be con-
graduated on their efforts as we'll as their
plans to continue this market. May it grow
IN service and size.
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ROtarians To
Hear Richardson

Don Richardson and his two
talented pupils, Miss Marie Rose
man and Miss Elinor Niven, will
present special program of mu-
sic at the Jefersons Rotary club
meeting tonight.
Last Thursday night the club
members enjoyed delightful
steak supper at the CCC camp at
Laurel Springs.
A. B. Hurt, vice president, pre-
sided and words of greetings
were extended by Captain
Stokes, camp director.
Langdon L. Scott, secretary
and treasurer of the club, made
an interesting talk on the recent
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WIVES ARE MORE APT
TO BE LATE FOR WORK
THAN UNMARRIED GIRLS

Wives who hold jobs are more
likely to show up late for work
than unmarried girls, c. G. Simp-
son has found as personal direc-
tor for the Philadelphia Gas
Works Company.
"They also become independent
in their attitude toward their
work and their bosses and cause
envy among the single women
employees" he told luncheon
club today.
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WHY FARMERS HAVE BEEN AIDED

Some of the Old Guard Republican news
papers have been viciously attacking the
Democratic administration in Washington
for its efforts in behalf of the farmer.
These newspapers are bound to know
that there is no important country in the
world which has not got wheat plan, for
example, or a cotton and corn plan, de-
signed to support the price of those COM
modities. Still they object to what the
Washington government has insisted on
trying to do to aid our own farmers.
In the case of wheat, for example, some
of these Old Guard newspapers have them
selves pointed out recently that various
governments are jointly spending two bill
lion dollars annually to peg the prices of
their own wheat and then complain bit
terly because the United States Govern
ment threw away Is millions "of the tax
own production.
"Of what earthly use is this rank extra
vagance of the peoples money!" these
newspapers demand, when in the Liver
pool market wheat has reached the low
est prices since Queen Elizabeth's timer"
Just this much use, as revealed in ''The
Wheat Situation" issued by the strictly
nonpartisan and authoritative Bureau of
Agricultural Economics on July "a. 1gnor-
ing good Queen Bess, the bureau states:
Prices in foreign markets are depres-
sed by prospects of the largest wheat
supplies in history, and prices at Liver
pool have dropped to the lowest level in
modern times" But domestic prices have
remained independently strong, in com
parison, influenced by prospective Unit
ed States crop very little above the annual
domestic disappearance. The price of No.
2 hard winter wheat at Kansas City for
June, 1899, averaged only six cents lower
than for June, 1888, while the price of par
GELS at Liverpool averaged SO cents low
er than year earlier"
The bureau continues that if exports
should turn out to be near the 10-year
(1928-1937) average of 70 million bushels
(they were nearly "a million last year,,
the U. S. crop of III million bushels indi
Gated on July would Significantly re-
duce" the carry-over on July l, 194O below
that for 1889 now estimated at 265 million
bushels. And as political and military con-
siderations in Eupore might induce further
large purchases during the year," the bu-
reau concludes that conditions favor high
domestic prices for wheat, in relation to
world prices"-The Winston-Salem Jour-
nal.
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farms will be visited during these
four days, Mr.. Rich said.
The countrywide tour of the
farms selected during the COM
munity demonstration visits will
be conducted on Wednesday,
August 80, he stated.
More complete details will be
announced next week.
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WASHINGTON. - Careful stu
dents of political psychology are
irving to estimate the probable
political effects of two unexpect-
ed occurrences in the closing days
of Congressional session, or what
seemed to be it's closing days.
One was the unheralded de
nunciation" of the commercial
treaty between the United States
and Japan by proclamation OF
the Secretary of State. The 9TH
er was the personal attack upon
Vice-President Garner by John
L. Lewis, head of the Congress
of Industrial Organizations.
The japanese matter comes
down to this. Senator Key Pitt
man of Nevada has been trying
for some time to get Congress to
enact some law which would eff
fectively prohibit the sale and
export to Japan of materials of
war. He had general support for
the idea, since the sympathies OF
Congress, like those of the ma
ton, are entirely with China.
But unless the President should
declare by proclamation that a
state of war exists between ia
pan and China there is no law
on the American statute books
which can be invoked to prevent
anybody from selling anything
to Japan, except a few items
which are specifically under the
control of the Munitions Board.
It would make for an awkward
international situation were the
President to declare the Japan
China affair a war when neither
of the parties to it admits it is a
war. Hence the United States is
at peace with both nations, neu-
trail in their neighborhood quar-
rel, and proposes to remain so,
especially since we are bound by
treaty with Japan, signed in
1911, under which each nation
gives the other free access to its
markets, subject to modest tariff
duties, for any commodities
which either exports and the 9th
er imports.
"DenOuncing" A Treaty
That treaty, however, contains
a clause under which either ia
pan or the United States can can
eel by giving six months notice
Such notice, in terms of diplo-
macy, is called "denouncing" q
treaty.
While the Senate was trying to
find some way to limit exports to
our peaceful neighbor, Japan
without violating that old COM
mercial treaty, it occurred to
Senator Arthur Vandenberg to
read the treaty. He came across
the "denunciation" clause and
Immediately drafted and intro
duced a resolution in the Senate
calling upon the President to de-
nounce the treaty.
The resolution caused some
thing of a sensation. Nobody had
thought of that way of clearing
the decks to do what Senator
Pittman had tried to do, legal
ly barring the door to the export
OF goods to Japan and the i'm
portation of japanese wares in
to America. While the Senate
| cloakrooms were still buzzing
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al, and sentiment was forming
strongly for it, regardless of par
ty lines the Administration act
ed.
Possibly the President and the
Secretary of State had already
considered the denunciation of
the treaty with Japan, and were
hesitating because of doubt about
the attitude of Congress. But the
reception given to the Vanden-
berg resolution, which never
came to a vote, removed all
doubt. With no warning to the
japanese Ambassador or anybo-
dy else, the proclamation de-
nouncing the treaty was given
to the press.
The politics which Washington
sees in this is that it would have
been very bad politics indeed for
a Democratic Administration to
let such a proposal 60 before the
people as having been originated
by a Republican, especially when
that Republican is a leading can
didate for the Presidential nomi-
nation.
Unexpected DenunciatiOn
The other incident which has
set political dopesters at work
with their fortune-telling equip
ment, is the unexpected denun-
citation of the Vice-President by
Mr.. Lewis. In the course of a
hearing ebfore the House Com
mittee on Labor, the head of the
c. I. o. attacked Congress for its
unfair" attitude toward organic
ed labor, and said:
"The genesis of this campaign
against Labor in the House is
within the Democratic Party. 1t
runs across to the Senate of the
United States and emanates there
from labor-baiting, poker-play-
ing, whiskey-drinking evil old
man whose name is Garner
I am against him officially, in
dividually and personally. I am
against him in 1899 and will be
against him in 1910 when he
seeks the Presidency of the Unit
ed States"
Congressman who heard Mr..
Lewis say those things, which
are taken from the stenographiC
record, were stunned. The news
spread through the House like
wildfire and there was a rush OF
members, not only from Mr.. Gar
ner's home state of Texas but
from other parts of the country,
to rise in their places and de-
nounce Mr.. Lewis in turn. In
the Senate there was equal ear
nestness in the expressions OF
Senators in defense of Mr.. Gar
ner.
Not Believed Warranted
So far Washington has been
able to observe the personal con-
duct and habits of Mr.. Garner,
through many years of his SER
vice as minority leader in the
House, Speaker and for seven
years Vice-President, there is NO
warrant for Mr.. Lewis's attack.
Like many another man, the
Vice-President is not averse to
a friendly game of cards or an
occasional drink, those who know
him best say. But the implica-
tions of the Lewis TRADE do not
by any means fit with the known
character of the man.
Mr.. Lewis personally is said tt
be a man of highly scrupulous
almost religious personal charac.
ter. He does not drink or play
cards and his private life is i'm.
peccable. That, his friends be.
lieve, makes him intolerant when
the personal habits of others
are under scrunity.
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Demonstration
Tours Planned
Community Tours to be Held
July 21-24. Countrywide
Tour August 80.

Plans for the annual visit of
demonstration farms in Ashe
county are now being mapped
out by the county farm agents
office.
According to tentative plans,
the community demonstration
tours will be conducted on Mon
day, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, July 81, %, % and "a.
A total of 80 demonstration
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with the audacity of the propos-
al, and sentiment was forming
strongly for it, regardless of par
ty lines the Administration act
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CAMP-MEETING AT FIG
WILL OPEN ON MONDAY

The annual camp-meeting at
the Fig Baptist church will open
Monday night with the Rev. J..
M. Hayes to do the preaching.
The meeting which is we'll at
tended each year will continue
from two to three weeks.
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luN
and
KeAneN
By
TROY
ISAIAH
JONES

In this "Henpecked husband
contest, it reminds one OF a
horse race. They are running
neck and neck. That is all the
necking a henpecked husband
gets anyhow.
A henpecked husband is a man
who does not know how to put
off the crisis of today until to-
morrow.
There are several sorts of hen
peckedness, general, specific and
mutual. General is organized un-
der the name of Woman's Clubs
Women declare that clubs are
the sole salvation of the country
Club is a specific name which
includes frying pans, skillets, roll
ling pins and other kitchen para
phanalia, not to forget the stove
wood.
There is an imaginary sort OF
henpeckedness where the hus-
band imagines that he is sitting
on a barrel of powder and his
wife is carrying all the match
es in the house. He is the sort
that wishes that the light of his
life would 60 out so that he could
strike a new match.
A henpecked husband is so sis
sy he has to meet the crisis of do
ing a courtesy, regardless of his
load of stove wood.
General henpeckedness is like
a systematic study of philosophy.
1t is catagorically divided and
subdivided. It has its Gaia
Cores.
Cheer up my henpecked bro
Their. I was once a time-scared
veteran of your hopeless organi-
cation. Cheer up, you shall be
wealthy some time if you have
faith in the Bible. 1t says that
the meek shall inherit the earth.
But the hell of it is that no
henpecked husband has any
faith in anything but hell itself.
Don't forget that the Mother
of henpeckedness was Xantippe,
the wife of Socrates. He was for
tunate to have hemlock admins
tered to him. He died easy and
his last request was for his at
tendant to take Polomarcus'
rooster home. The poor old roos-
ter was his last defense.
Then don't forget dear old Rip
Van Wrinkle who was so fortunate
as to sleep off the situation. You
had as we'll try one of the rem
edies of these men as far as your
life is concerned.
Don't forget she will be the
one and only one at your bier
that can't give you up and that
you will have a successor in
three weeks; for there is a suck
er born every minute and hen
pecked husband every thirty Sc
condS.
There is no remedy. They are
all organized, and will hang to-
gether. That is what they should
do HANG TOGETHER!
But l am going to take their
part. They are not as bad as you
think. They are worse.
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HAYES TO HOLD REVIVAL

Rev. T. M. Hayes, of Nathan's
Creek, will conduct a revival
meeting at the Pleasant Grove
Baptist church near Miller's
Creek in Wilkes county, starting
Sunday and lasting 10 days. Ser
vices will be twice daily.
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Rotary Assembly and the Inter
national convention at Cleveland,
both of which he attended as an
official delegate.
Five guests were present: Zeb
Gambill, Bryan Oliver, Joe
Worth, Mr.. Porter and P. G..
Wright.
Evening star., 1939-08-11
|. ). j. Strikes Oil
As Campus Official
Commits Suicide
Husband Of Dr.. Smiths
Secretary Shoots Self,
Increasing Scandal
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BATON ROUGE, La, Aug. 11.-A
vision of flowing "black gold''-an
oil well-today spread over Louisiana
State University, which at the same
time gloomily recorded its first v1o-
lent death since scandal broke over
the school SIX weeks ago.
At about the hour the we'll was
being brought In on the campus
George c. Heidelberg, co. secretary
of the l.. S. U. Student Employment
Committee, shot and killed himself
yesterday.
His wife was secretary to DR.
James Monroe Smith, former school
president whose resignation, arrest
and many indictments rocked the
huge university sprawled over the
loW-rolling hills near here.
E. L. Echols, a sophomore, told
the coroner's jury which called Mr.
Heidelbergs death suicide that the
man had talked to him "at random
while drinking in bar room.
Mrs. Heidelberg now is secretary
to DR.. Paul NJ Hebert, who sue
ceeded Smith as acting president.
Student employment and scholar
ship grants at the university re-
Gently were investigated by L. S. u
authorities, while N. Y. A. employ
ment at the university has been
under the scrutiny of Federal in
vestlgators.
The oil we'll, the first on the cam
pus,. was brought in by William J
Helis and the louisiana Crusader
Oil Co. under lease granted by the
university three years ago. Oil from
the campus we'll may go far toward
making up the deficit found at the
university after Mr.. Smiths arrest
Evening star., 1939-08-11
1n Mrntnriant
AMBROGI. ERMINDO-

AMBROGI, ERMINDO. In loving men,
HEMfNn Ely Il our 5eISyeS husband and father
HIS DEVOTED WIFE AND CHILDREN. .
CARTER. ELLA F. In sad but loving
remembrance Of our wife mother and
sister sister wi who entered into eternal rest one
NV life is. Oh so lonely,
=. My heart is troubled sore;
Your dearest presence onlv
Could make me weep no more
You've gone from earth to Heaven.
Deep sorrow shades my brow;
The sacred tie is broken,
/ have no loving mother now
HER DAUGHTER. EDITH.
'0ne' 0"' not 1Gfss'ffns aER HUSBAND.
I cannot easily forget
vic WHO "is FosrER s EXC soN' oso HASKELL.
Oh; sister, could yqu speak to us
Our aching hearts would then be healed,
SISTERS. Ma MAM1E, s' HArTfE, 4 Tfin HESTER AND
One wears ago today since my sister went
Friends may think the wound is healed,
But little do they know the sorrow
Within my aching sfsnrp hsaTt c1nceslsd. nc 1ss =.
D0HERTY. ALVIN f. In loving re-
lcupIdDCe OF my GEAR SON. ALVIN E.
DOHERTY, who passed away fourteen
years ago August II, 1925
Gone. but not forgotten
MOTHER.
GAsKINs. JOSEPHINE AMOS. In low
ing memory of JOSEPHINE AMOS GAS
kINS, who passed away six years ago
today. August IL, 1888. FAMILY.
WALDEN. ISABEL C. In loving re-
membrance of my wife and our dear moth
er. ISABEL c WALDEN, who left us eight
years ago today. August IL. 1881.
In the book of life there are memories
OF the happiest moments we've known.
And recorded in love is the blessing
HER LOVING HUSBAND AND CHILDREN.
Evening star., 1939-08-11
Funeral Services
For Mrs. Cummings
To Be Held Today
Final Rites to Follow
Tomorrow Afternoon
At Stamford, Conn.

Funeral services for Mrs. Homer
S. Cummings, 40, wife of the former
Attorney General, were to be held
at Ruthven, her home at 270O Tilden
street NV. at S o'clock this AFTER
noon.
Final rites for Mrs. Cummings,
who died Wednesday night at her
home after long illness, will be
tomorrow at Woodland Cemetery,
Stamford, Conn, where she will be
buried at LAS pm.
A distinguished group of honorary
pallbearers for the services at Ruth
ven was named this morning and
many are expected to attend. Those
named were: Secretary of State
Hull, Justice Stanley Reed, United
States Supreme Court; Senator Ash
hurst of Arizona, Senator Pittman of
Nevada, Stephen Early, White House
secretary; Chief Justice D. Lawrence
Groner, United States Court of Ap-
peals; Justice Harold NJ Stephens
United States Court of Appeals;
Joseph E. Davies, Ambassador to
Belgium; Daniel c. Roper, Minister
to Canada; William A. Julian,
United States treasurer: Justice
James W. Morris, Assistant Attorney
General; Frank Thompson of St.
Louis; J. Bruce Kremer, William
Stanley, Harry w. Blair and T.
Howard Duckett.
During her husbands S term as At
torney General, Mrs. Cummings took
an active interest in the Department
of Justice and in the Government
itself She was widely known in
New Deal circles.
Her husband is her only imme-
diate survivor.
Among the large group of notables
expected to attend the funeral in
Stamford tomorrow are John F.
Montgomery, United States Minis
ter to Hungary; Justice Arthur F.
Ellis, Justice Patrick B. O'Sullivan,
Judge Frank P. McEvoy, David E.
FITZGERALD, George w. Whiteside,
Gene Tunney, Fulton Oursler,
Wheeler Sammons, Charles Lock
wood, Clarence w. Bell, Raymond
E. Hackett Frank D. Schroth and
Gen. Edward c. Rose.
Evening star., 1939-08-11
Miss Kate Cooper Dies;
Prominent Virqiniun

Miss Kate Byron Cooper, 70, men,
ber of prominent Warrenton, Va,
family who made her home with her
sister, Mrs. Edward Derrick, at 2208
M street NV, died yesterday after
long illness.
Miss Cooper, daughter of the late
Richard and Almedia Cooper of
Versailles, Warrenton, was born at
the family estate, but came to WASH
ington many years ago after the
death of her parents.
Surviving, besides her sister, is a
brother, George Cooper of Warren
ton
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow at GaWler's funeral home,
1855 Pennsylvania avenue NV, at
10 am. Burial will be in Warren
ton.
Evening star., 1939-08-11
Charles l. Reed Dies:
Union Worker

Charles L. Reed, 46, assistant to
the president OF the international
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers,
died suddenly Wednesday in Pitts
burgh, Pa. while negotiating an
agreement between the union and
utility company. He will be buried
tomorrow at Salem, Mass, his birth
place.
Mr.. Reed had been a member of
the staff of the International Broth
erhood of Electrical Workers for 10
years. during which time he lived
IN Washington. Prior to that he
had been an officer in the Massa-
chusetts State Electrical Workers
Association. A labor economics ex-
pert, he was often called on to testify
before congressional committees.
Surviving are his three children,
John, Edward and Joan, and a sis
ter, Mrs. Bart Brennan of Salem.