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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25
MIR. Ed M. Anderson
The Skyland Post


The Skyland Post
City
Dear Mr.. Anderson:
At a regular meeting of this
post, it was moved, seconded and
ordered by unanimous vote,
that we extend to you and your
staff. our thanks and apprecia-
ton for the fine support your pa
per has always given the Ameri-
can Legion.
The success of this post, and
the outstanding position it occu-
pies in the state is due in no
small measure to the fine pub
licity given our efforts by you
and your paper,
It is with pleasure, we take this
opportunity to congratulate you
on the broad and unselfish cam
paign of progress you have pro-
NOTED since taking over our local
paper.
Our very successful County
Fair, The Building and Loan AS
ISOLATION, The Rotary Club, Hos
pital and Community House, al
stand as landmarks of achieve.
ment that can be directly traced
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25
EARLY MARRIAGES SHOW
COURAGE OF YOUTH

We recently received report of the in
creasing number of young marriages which
shows that our youths are giving ser
ious thought to matrimony at an early age
than few years ago. There is no certain
reason given for this Perhaps girls of to-
day think in terms of the "early bird"
Someone in our town is sure to say, "They
may marry earlier but don't stay married
as long" These divorces include many
among the older couples if you investi-
gate, carefully Another someone will re-
mark that many husbands and wives are
employed today and this makes marriage
less of financial gamble But this is not
true in all early marriages. Perhaps it is
wise to suggest that these young alliances
prove that the morals are not as loose as
a few would have us believe, and that our
youth are more courageous, which our
present economic situation demands.-The
Renfro Herald.
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Pc Box ITO
Stockton, Calf.
:. April::.2l2,. 1910

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The Skyland Post ;: ::.:,
West jefferson, N. G.. :
I am enclosing money order OF
$3.50 for renewal of The Skyland
Post.
Beginning in JAM, 1910, ] have
enjoyed more than I can say, my
paper for the past year.
It is good to read about how
the county is improving all the
time, and am glad to read about
the folks whom I grew up with.
I am very proud of my home
state, and think there is none
that have been fortunate to see,
that compare with it, although l
didn't appreciate it so much when
living there.
Some of the happiest memories
and days of my life were spent
there and I expect to- visit it
again some time in the near fu-
ture. My friends will remember
me as "Bernice Price"
Yours Sincerely
Mrs. Bernice Sparkman
P. S. I have been living here in
California for the past IA years
and am sorry I have only had the
paper for the pasteyear, and
don't want to be without it any
more.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25
Open Forum
COLUMN
FOR THE VOICE OF THE
PEOPLE
Peshostin, Washington
" April 8, 1910

April o, 1871
Dear Sir:
Will you please find inclosed a
money order for one dollar and
fifty cents for which please re-
new my subscription for year to
The Skyland Post. My subscrip-
ton has been expired for a few
weeks and have been lost with
out the paper from dear old N. c.
I look forward. to it's coming each
week just as would a letter from
home. I'll, be looking for my pa
per next week. - 20
Besides myself there are a num-
Der of other former North Caro-
linians near me whom / share
The Post with and they miss the
paper fully as much as I.
They are namely: Messrs. Rose
Moltke, Bess Anderson, Fora
Race, Butler Campbell and Bill
Colvard-all good old "Tar Heels"
Near here is a little town made
up mostly of North Carolinians.
They say, "they live in the
second garden spot of the world;
for having left the garden spot
they were not satisfied to stop
until they found another "gar-
den spot"
We are having lovely spring
weather here now with all kinds
of wild flowers blooming to say
nothing of the apples, peach, pear,
apricot and cherry trees that are
beginning to bloom, since the 60
ing of the snow.
In two weeks we will have our
annual Apple Blossom Festival in
honor of our apple industry in
the valley. It is really "a gala af-
fair.
Of course each county has its
advantages and disadvantages.
Often what is lacking in the one
is made up in the other, but for
my part I still love and praise
dear old North Carolina, the land
where I was born.
Greetings to all our friends in
Ashe and a prosperous year to
you all.
Very truly yours,
MRS. CHAS. MILLER,
Rt. l, Peshastin, Wash.
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N llts
AND
kernels
| By
! TROY /.
! JONES

Last Saturday was Hitler's
birthday. He thinks that he put
the spots on the un to cause this
cofd spell. Tt is wonder that the
sun does not get entirely covered
as a matter of shame. He has the
earth on the spotlight now.
Sc
The seat of my pants and I hao
a race to see Which got out Of
school first. My pants beat me by
three days.
If Hitler was married and had
a wife to look Z ggers' at him
maybe he would not be so anx-
ious to carry on IN outside war
Winstons CHURQ-hill is a heap
of trouble to Germany.
We have a very apt candidate
for governor. We understand that
he is a golf fiend. He played for
both governments with a sledge
hammer.
A woman is a dictionary in
sheets.
A nagging husband is not as
bad as a nagging wife. He is
worse.
In Mexico the present styles OF
hats are called somebreos. Here
in America they are called "bre-
ton tops. The difference is the
same.
Judging from the quality and
the literary value of the Con
fuscius Say, I think some one has
had a cock eye on the word "con-
fusion.
The Republicans had better can
that smart Alex Tom Dewey and
run Senator Styles Bridges for
they certainly need some new
styles and bridges too.
Sometimes when you hear OF
the misfortunes of others it doesn't
make yours quite so bad.
What do you lawyers and en-
bryonic justices mean by the in.
fraction Of personal Liberties any
how?
All the presidential candidates
agree on at least one thing. They
all want to be president.
Tom Dewey's tongue has
slipped twice now. The last time
he referred to the capitol build:
ing in Wyoming as the "cour'
house,.
The school children that yor
have to make it hot for, are the
onas whose character has beer
warped and have to be straight
ened out.
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600

Democratic candidate for governor, Lee
Gravely, is certainly on the right track
when he advocates more diversified farm
ing, better marketing facilities and more
advertising of North Carolina products
Marketing facilities for livestock, fruits
and farm produce have been sadly neglec-
ted in this state. With a cold storage plant,
Ashe county farmers will no doubt "show
the boys the way to more profits.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25
SINGING CONVENTION
HERE SUN. AFTERNOON

The monthly singing conven-
ton of the Ashe Association will
be held at the Baptist church here
Sunday afternoon, starting at 1870
o'clock.
Coleman Payne, chairman, an
nounces that the Hodges quartet,
from Boone and a choir from
Wilkes county, headed by Mr..
McGrady, will be present, and
John Oliver and his choir, from
Mabel, N. c., will also be on hand.
Every one is invited to attend.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25
WYATT CHILD WAS
BURIED ON MONDAY

Funeral service was held on
Monday at the home in West JEFF
ferson for Ruth Marie Wyatt,
small daughter of MIR. and Mrs.
Sanford Wyatt, who died Sunday
night at the age of one year and
five months.
Rev. w. 7. Wilmington was in
charge of the service. Burial fol-
lowed in the West Jefferson Gem
etery.
In addition to the parents, nine
brothers and sisters survive, Paul,
Ralph, Violet, Earl, Donald,
Clyde, Gwyn, Arvison and Cary
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25

Editor Skyland Post
West jefferson, N. c.
Dear Sir:
Please publish the enclosed re-
port of Trout school in the Sky
land Post.
Thank you for your help this
year. Printing our honor roll and
school news in The Skyland Post
has kept the parents interested in
school and the children have stu
died harder in order to make the
honor roll and have their name
in the paper. 4E%.
Yours truly,
MARGARET DAVIS,
Prin. Trout School
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25

We take this opportunity to
extend our congratulations and
best wishes for a successful flu
ture to the 1863 boys and girls in
Ashe county who will receive
their diplomas within the next
few days. May their lives be
long and happy.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25

From one acre which he has
planted to hurley tobacco during
the past decade, J. j. Hopper,
Tuckaseegee, Jackson County,
has crossed $4,000 in the ten
wear period.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25
"A Splendid Recipe"

IN OPHO1HSHAS1 AVOHPC
Oysters in Ice Cube Shells:
Freeze ice cubes about IA
of time to form shell. Pour
out the water and return to
chilling unit. When ready to
serve, arrange the ice cubes on
serving plate in the same man
ner as oyster shells. Place oyst-
er in ice shell. Place a small
cup of cocktail sauce in center.
Garnish with lemon and pars-
ley.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25
PARAGRAPHS

Sheep growers should not delay in join
ing the Ashe County Sheep Growers AS
ISOLATION, which has been organized for
"your protection and not for profit.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25

tanning and educational. You should see
them! We are proud of the cheese plant
and of what it means to this town and
county.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25

Congratulations to Mr.. and
Mrs. D. E. Blackburn on the
birth of a fine son.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25

to your encouragement and eff
forts.
Your policy of service to 9TH
ers, rather than yourself and
your efforts to make Right the
master of Might" form a part of
the Constitution of our organiza-
ton.
With every good wish for your
success.
Sincerely.
ASHE COUNTY POST,
AMERICAN LEGION
P. C. WRIGHT,
Vice-Commander, Dept. OF
North Carolina
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25

History is full of examples
of people who have made the
most of their individuality,
simply by being what they are.
There wasn't a shred of sham
or putting on about them, not
drop of conceit or four-flushlng
and it brought success in their
direction with almost magic
certainty.
It is our sincere desire to
give good electric service to
our customers.
G. T. Robbins, Div. Mgr.
Your Friendly Neighbor"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25

Milan, N. c.
Trout School
April %. 1910
Evening star., 1940-03-17
lake a look at this letter:

VAKE look at this letter:
haven't told soul, not
even my folks. that was let out
of my job three weeks ago. Itwould
only worry them Before let anyone
know about it, want to be able to say
that already have another position.
IF you know of any companies that
need man with experience in selling
haberdasherv. would sure appreciate
your giving them my name.
Sincerely yours.
Lawrence Nj ----"
receive letters like this one nearly
every day.
There seem to be literally thou
sands OF unemployed people in the
country who, like Lawrence. think
that being out of work is personal
disgrace.
With so many millions of able, in
dustrlous people now jobless through
no fault of their own. this attitude is
ridiculous
But what is a great deal more I'M
portant, hiding the fact that you are
down on your luck is one of the mOrst
things you can do if you are trying to
land another job. More people find
work through the help of friends and
acquaintance than through any other
method.
Cut yourself off from that help and
you are simply throwing away your
best single source of leads to possible
jobs!
Evening star., 1940-03-17

Too many intelligent people are
losing opportunity after opportunity
because they do not understand hou
Jobs are obtained Often they fritter
away time and energy on wildgoose
chases while neglecting tactics of job
hunting that experience has proved
effective.
Here, in order of their Importance.
are the major ways IN which leads to
Jobs are obtained This list is worth
saving as an instruction manual
against the time when you yourself
may need 1t.
]. The best single way to find out
about job vacancies is through friends
and acquaintance outside your own
immediate family Government re-
searchers questioned 10000 young
people in one study and found that
more than a quarter of those who
landed jobs did so because of tips and
leads furnished by friends.
One typical youth put 1t this way
"Advertlse among all your friends and
acquaintance the fact that you want
a Job, and ask them to let you know
about job openings. They are on the
inside of many establishments and
know of designations and openings the
moment they arise, and their recon-
mendations may be gwen special
consideration
In other words, by enllstlng the help
of all the people you know IN your
Evening star., 1940-03-17

lob hunt. you are really multiplying
severalfold your possible contacts with
employers.
And make no mistake. these con-
facts often mean jobs.
Z. Riding streetcars, pounding
pavements. knocking on doors and
cooling your heels i'll reception rooms
is the second best way OF locating
opportunities, Every successful sales
man knows that there is direct
relationship between the number OF
calls he makes in day and the num-
Der of orders he writes. Exactly the
same principle applies to work-hnding,
Nearly one jobs seeker in four achieves
success in this manner. The method is
hard. often dlscouraging work. But 1t
is effective.
). Renewing old contacts with
former employers is third MAJOR road
to Jobs About one person IN SIX locates
work through previous boss. These
people know your abilities and work
habits. They are more inclined to let
YOU show again what you can do than
they are to take a chance with a
stranger,
Young people. particularly, should
keep this job source IN mind. Most
youths complain that they are turned
down more often because they lack
practical work experience than tor any
other reason.
Strangely enough, this situation
is an even greater handicap to girls
than it is to boys Work experience
obtained during summer vacations or
through part-tlme after school is OF
real value. even if the pay is low,
because 1t frequently gives you an
important advantage IN the labor
market later on.
&. Unemployed persons without
"connectlons" often feel that drag
and pull are required to get Jobs
these days There's no use beating
around the bush about it. Pull IS often
a factor IN successful job-Seeklng.
Slightly more than one job -getter IN
eight finds work through the help of
parents and other relatives. This sort
of drag may not often be of much
help in keeping job. but 1t can be
Evening star., 1940-03-17

very useful IN obtaining the original
opportunity.
,. Other job finding aids are pub
lie. private and 0or young people
school employment agencies, which
account for about one placement III
twelve These agencies are consider
ably more helpful just now to women
than to men, but they are rapidly
becoming more useful to all job
seekers. Every unemployed person
should, without fail. register at the
nearest Office of his State Employment
Service. These employment services
are now expanding their activities
greatly, and they make no charge
either for registering you or for finding
you job.
D. Another major way of obtain
ing work is through advertisements IN
the Help Wanted columns of local
newspapers.
The want ads can very often be
answered by letter (many, indeed.
must be- and you can be using any
one or all of the other approaches to
employment while awaiting answers
to your letter.
J. Lastly, still another employ
ment aid is through government per
sonnel offices.
These. IN nutshell, are the most
important methods of finding Jobs.
An important feature to observe about
them is that they can all be PIT ~
oberdtion at the same time The person
who follows up all possible leads
methodlCalIy and efficiently usually
finds work first.
Another thing to remember is that
finding job often takes long time.
Youths who are soon to enter the
world OF work should DeRln tnelr cam
palgns while they are still IN school.
Other workers, who are either dis
satisfied with their work or suspect
that 1t is not permanent, should begin
sharpshooting for jobs elsewhere long
before they actually find themselves
out on the street.
Evening star., 1940-03-17

largely because it does these amazing ~
things, intests against many popular soaps: IVY
% Gets clothes much as 9 to III
shades wbifer-actual Tintometer shades, -,
proved by our laboratory tests. (2) Cup
for cup, gives up TO TIMES THE SUDS.
Yet Higb7en Oxydol is so SAFE that
even cotton prints given the equivalent of
q fxU gears uasbing in our laboratories. Q
came out looking bright and fresh as neW! ~
Higb-Tesf Oxydo can be money saving, 80 NE
TOO Penny for penny, it goes so much o SCRUB
farther than less economical soaps-itca can LausbR'
cutlaundry soap bills much one fourth! - r1
So do as leading washing machine = REdiLY
mXVD0I e Pcnnter g. Gamhie H 's" o6aac 7Cp
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-14
La5sies Rout Louisburg $685. Alumni Take Close One

bassys reasoning. would do better
to accuse him OF being European
rather than &n ASiatic. Parerthetl-
cally, he's from the Caucasus: some
geographcrs cell il Asiatic. some call
il European. China diSavoWS it, any
way.
Japans Viewpoint.
The japanese embassy in Washing
ton doesn't care 10 recognize Com
rade Stain as an Asiatic, either.
At any rate, Ambassador Ken
suke Horinouchi doesn't acquiesce in
"Asiatic'' and barbarian as syno-
nymous terms. On the contrary, the
Japs think they're highly civilized.
They are, in way, in comparison
with Soviet Russia. They have en-
lightened economic, industrial and
sanitary ideas. Their civil govern
ment is easy enough to get along
with. The Japs' trouble is that their
military class is wholly unmanage-
able. But even that class isn't as un-
civilized in China as Stains is in
Finland Anyhow, its more COM
petent.
never actually lived in Japan, as
l have in China, but I've spent con-
siderable time there. It's middling
totalitarian, but nothing like Russia,
not 50 bad as Germany, perhaps in
class with Italy. Naturally its diff
ferent from China, which is mainly
anarchy.
An Asiatic Barbarian.
Summed up. the Chinese and Jap
anese embassies in Washington are
quite willing to have Stain described
as a barbarian, but they object to
have him described as an Asiatic
barbarian. They're Asiatics, too.
I don't think the Russian embassy
likes it either. 1t doesn't want him
to be called a barbarian or an As
iatic, one or the other.
OF course the embassies can't put
up a howl on the strength Of any
thing an individual columnist has
said, but from personal chats with
their spokesman, it's obvious how
they feel about it.
Naturally the Firms and other
Scandinavian countries like it.
So do the English and French
with the qualification that they have
a lot Of Asiatic subjects and don't
want them antagonized. However,
they don't believe that many of these
latter are likely to read many of the
remarks by any single American
commentator.
All in all, the Chinese and Japa-
nese embassies are the huffiest.
Stains been referred to as an As
iatic and a barbarian, as if the two
terms were SYNONYMOUS.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-14
CAROLINA NINE TO
MEET MAY HOSIERY

Chapel Hill, March 14.-North
Cardinals varsity baseball team will
make its seasons debut at Burling-
ton on Thursday, March q, when
the Tar Heels oppose the May Hos
iery Mills, a strong semi-pro outfit.
The game with May Hosiery will
be the first of two contests for the
Tar Heels next week. On Saturday
they will inaugurate their 23-game
schedule by meeting Maryland at
Chapel Hill in an important South
ern Conference contest.
On Easter Monday, March 25, and
Tuesday Coach Bum Hearn'S pro-
teges entertain the University of
PENNSYLVANIA in a two-game series
in the first of several outstanding
intersectional games this season.
And on the following Friday and
Saturday the Tar Heels will play
Harvard and Cornell, respectively.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-14
Southern Cage Tourney
Opens At Duke Tomorrow

Durham, March 14.-Eight teams,
including five state champions and
three other sectional leaders, will
battle it out for the unofficial south
ern high school championship in the
second annual Duke-Durham tourna-
ment which opens here tomorrow
morning at $3.50 o'clock.
State champions entered are La
nier of Macon, Ca. Durham, N. c.,
Roosevelt high Of Washington, D,
c., Runnelstown, Miss, and Lynch
burg, Va. Other leaders are Harrods-
burg, Ky, stand-out team of the
state, High Point, western division
champions of North Carolina and
Parker high of Greenville, S. c., I'M
defeated in 10 games.
The opening game of the tourna-
ment will be between the No. 4 seed
ed team-Roosevelt of Washington
and Harrodsburg, Ky. That game
starts at $3.50 o'clock.
Following them will be the No. 2
seeded Parker high of Greenville out
fit against High Point at 10 o'clock
Durham's defending champions
who have now 63 straight victories
to their credit clash with Lynch
burgs Virginia state champions in
one of the feature games of the
morning at l1:30 o'clock. 1t will be
a battle of state champions.
Final first round game-and one
which may be the top attraction OF
the morning-Will be staged between
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-14
or Dir Dean
Accepts Terms

Dallas, Texas, March l4.-(AP)-
The great Dir Dean, strangely mel
low after a wordy holdout, accepted
Chicago Cub terms and said he would
Join his mates Sunday in California.
Nervous as a rookie packing for
his first training camp, Dean hur-
ried in from his nearby farm ano
gleefully confirmed he had reached
"a happy understanding" with the
Cubs and was darn glad about the
whole thing"
or Dir wouldn't talk of such
ugly matters as contracts or specific
amounts, but the feeling was that ne
had finally descended to Owner Phil
K. Wrigley's original offer OF Slo,-
900. The big Highlander had de-
manded $4,000.
Then, he admitted, he telephoned
Clarence Rowland Of the Cub stall
at Avalon, Calf.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-14

two more state champions, Lanier
of Macon, Ca, and Runnelstown,
Miss. Lanier has been state cham
pions in that state for three straight
years and will bring the tallest and
highest scoring individual in the
tournament in Joe Murrow, six
oot-tight-inch center who has rack
ed 500 points in Is games this sea-
son. Little is known of the Runnels-
town outfit except its great record
for the season. RunnelstoWn won
two victories over the Mossville out
lift, state champions last year, which
gave Durham such close call in
! the 1889 Duke-Durham tourney here.
The semi-finals will be played to-
morrow night with the Roosevelt
Harrodsburg winner meeting the
High Point-Parker victor at 7:30 and
the Durham-Lynchburg winners
clashing with the Runnelstown-La-
nier winner at nine o'clock. The
finals will be staged at $3.50 o'clock
Saturday night.
Some of the teams arrived here
today and headquarters are at the
Hotel Melbourne. The tournament
will be officially opened tonight with
banquet at Duke university which
will be attended by all the confess
tants, coaches and officials.
Officials working the games will
be the same as last year-M. P.
Knight and Kenneth Gerard of Dur
ham and Johnny Morris OF Chapel
HILL