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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-10-12
Chatter OF Hoefs
Is, RAzz BROWN

The lighlgMs Df the current
week on the turf is W. (Heayy)
Johnson. coiored trainer of VI. VI
John stable. OF Detroit Who won
four PAGES in the course OF a
week BOYS that's reals going TO-
town as colored iranl have 4
hard way To 70 non adass Il Lot
dcn also won a race wl'e bis c4if
SUNDAY Punch 40 the Hawthorne
track. This coli after running
MANY seconds. looked a- though
he would not preah his mamcn
thi, year.
our Boots tauiereG home hrs En-
The Belmont Park fumrlly n fast
time and 10y the WY. I'll cof-wa,
trained hy oiie eld timc lotsc-
man. Steve jade, anl l.ke flr
Trainer of The co.f ronpoon wAo
Won this race fcw years afp -ti
I've been Waiting hflv yrais 10
get IN a picture llhr ihl- and then
you ny TO push mc oei Of i''
Meaning the newspaper pAotosra-
pher, were shoylne him ou' ~ fhe
picture but Ne ro' in e nrf The
same.
The Kcniucks harAoo, tore illo
top off the rrenI-iann AZ BEL
mont Park when salamirt won
the Ladies Handitap for Csc n T.
lIeadley stable Wit Don Mrad
up and he put mp Garrison an-
isli 20 win It lw halt lpafn
Napper Tandy IS boss that's
ALWAYS trouble whom ihe weather
rct, little cool. he IS aiea,s treat.
ed nice by handeappc Strnc
along boys picior is hnss 'hai
will run better when the price IS
not so short Odds make % diffcr
encc these DAYS. hoys Nhaf nice
platter that old usc-tc-hcsiako boss.
Fencing has made
AZ Keeneland Park fhcrc
could be rs grand q invcntlc race
rs any track has had his wear he-
tween our Roots Blue Fair Whlrl-
away King cole. and others Thai
race would be worth going oo0
miles TO see and - should pc a
ding dong finish. so the best colt
could win
River Downs tract should be fair
this fall with only mediocre boss
es 10 deal with says Razzy jay
JAY. the MARYLAND boss % old stock.
IS hack in form and how. when
they say mud his stock goes NJ
Surprise Fox.
patronizt the Detroit Tribune
Ad,ertIxcrs
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-10-12
Holman Williams Challenges zivic
For A Weher Championship Match

HOLMAN Williams goes into the
L. ~ the tr-t Welterweighi 10
ksl,ence Fritzie Zivic, newly
[ouned NeliorNcicht champion,
& the tlie Ziv.c lifted from the
krrowed hroa Of Henry Arm
[rorg last FRIDAY night.
through his manager, John w
|oxboroush. Williams issued a
kailenro 10 tAc Youngest member
\ m gyn- Iwrs' immediately
IT, M, p.hlrrh hattler's hanc
4 been rasd lr token OF victory.
|cHaIman Nl fshi Ziyic any
Esce ara any tme,' declared
|oyhorcuch I'VE have hecn trying
4 re- a match with him for more
kan 4 ,far and he has always
krnet dear CAR TO our challenge.
"Jark Nelson Detroit promoter,
f.srcd Zvt $4,000 to fight viii
|ams 10 ,ol think he would take
i 80. Nr zivc turned his back
! ,he Of
IN addition promoters In Pitts
Grsh SrrNfen and Baltimore
attempted 10 sign Ziyic for a
b. ri's Williams. but to no
EaNr
|WiNiaus WIS IN Detroit this
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-10-12
Lion Surprises Shaw
Bears BY A 1910 Win

Lincoln university Lions officially
opened their current eridiron cam
paign here Saturday when they up
SET pre-game dope 10 defeat tho
rugged Bears OF shaw university
by a 1870 margin In a game that
WAS hard-fought and replete with
thrills throughout, the Riyere-Hol-
land combination pushed over the
initial touchdown in tho third quar-
ter. and cinched victory by adding
another six-pointer late in the r.
nal period
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-10-12
Clarence Hunter Is
Reelected Head OF
Central Tennis Club

Clarence Hunter. was elected
president OF the Central Motor civ
Tennis Club al the annual election
Of officers. held last "Wednesday
night AT Brewster Recreation Cen
ter, 637 Brewster.
The other officers are Emerson
Craig, president. Minnie VIII
liams, second vice-president: John
Cats, treasurer: Odel Harper fin
ancial secretary; Lena Walden.
recording secretary: Edna Gregory
chairman social committe Lillian
Van Buren,. chairman publicity and
membership committee; Cleveland
Townsend. chairman auditing com
miltee. and Harmon fockhart.
chairman tournament committee.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-10-12

Univ N'H''
r sNNtr lft art
nrafr-t $3.50
svai.r. Tie 0Ns' "N
,h n,a 1eirn o-ansi 1e
,h,bi..o NNca TH-ke- 4nt TEE
Vi ho~'o 'far n.' M.
,ns mbraacc ~ the 1927 'fitai
are oufdcn 'naf they wii he 'Ale
10 re,sr.s iHc a. sion ffi. year
TITS op m-ar feelar vas riyen
innems last saariar wafn WIZ
herroree chafted ur 4 'o7 Nri9-y
our Alaeama a. & " eo'l'se
eleven rs opeu vie rridlron season
Is WHbr.ogee Tic Lswismen
Showed plenty o. offensive ro0er
n csa-hr re strong AahNmA
rleven
Ca.tieman. HNt nnt toie
Man. Srhaie were Doe hrI-r
nrtts n tae WIhw.otcs SCORING
machine. Price also showed plenty
of ability IN forward passing
There's 4 difference
Rut running and passing against
Alahama prohahl, will he quite
different than performing the same
feats against Tuskesee. team
which always rises 20 tho full
strength against tho WHEREFORE
clovcns
while Tnskeeee has not been 50
impressive in its early season
Team are nrm ln their belief that
ihe team Will have reached rs
peak Friday niehi. aud therefore
will prove a tough obstacle for the
Green Wave 10 roll over
Large crowds of fans have been
pouring into this city since the FIRST
OF the week. and more are expected
just before the game gets under
way Detroit has sent large dele
cation. many former students OF
both seAoolA
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-10-12

past week to visit his grandmother
who has been seriously H. when
asked about a bout with Civic, Will
liams said:
I've been trying 10 get match
with Fritzie for long time now.
and / would be willing 10 fight him
liz harm"
Williams left Sunday evening for
Chicago. He is elated to meet Irish
Eddie Dolan in ten-round bout In
Scranton. Pa. oct 2S.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23
Open Forum
COLUMN
FOR THE VOICE OF THE
PEOPLE
Missoula. Mont.

Missoula. Mont.
Editor, Skyland Post,
West Jefferson, N. c.
Dear Sir:
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23
Billions For Defense

The Presidents address on national de-
Tense needs will 60 down in history as one
of the most aptly phrased of his career.
Continued and prolonged applause of
both houses of Congress, assembled in
Joint session to hear the Chief Executive
on this important subject, clearly displayed
the interest and the sympathy of his au-
dience. Recent events in Europe leave lit
tie room for doubt that Mr.. Roosevelt will
have the backing of large majority of
both houses in putting through his plans
for defending the Western Hemisphere,
no matter who wins the current conflict
across the Atlantic.
That is the mood of the country at the
tie more and more firmly upon the nation
as events overseas unroll their tragic
course The Chief Executives specific re-
quests were thoroughly reasonable, even
though the figures required to express
them read like astronomical sums. Doubt
less in the main they will be granted But
appropriating money is only beginning.
Carrying the program through will re-
quire united effort, concentration, unself-
ishness and hard work on the part of a
great many people. 1t is vastly to be hoped
that time proves us to possess those neces-
sary qualities of the soul. We have been
called nation of money grubbers; demo-
cracy is said in some quarters to be too
slow and inefficient for a machine age
Now is the time to disprove both those
statements. Mr.. Roosevelt has shown that
he can furnish the leadership if the nation
is ready to follow in the supreme united
effort which the times require of us at this
moment in history.-The Asheville Citi-
zen.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23

Editor, Skyland Post,
West Jefferson, N. c.
Dear Sir:
have never had the pleasure
of meeting you, and have not
taken paper to keep as well
posted as should on Ashe coun-
ty, the place of my birth. 1 am
a son of the late David GRAPHICAL,
of Grassy Creek and I am the
only member of the family to
move west.
I left Ashe county forty years
ago. Being like homeing pigeon,
I always feel like that is my
home, to a certain extent at least
What prompted me, more than
anything else to write and sub
scribe for your paper, was visit
with DR.. J. L. Ballou. He is also
native of Ashe County. We &C
cidently met in Portland, Ore,
two years ago, while there TAX
ing some postgraduate work at
the University of Oregon. He is
chief surgeon at the Veterans
hospital there in the department
of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. He
is very able surgeon and very
busy man. We met there again
last month, and our reminiscent
ing of old days brought desire
to keep in closer touch with my
home county.
I have made numerous trips
back since coming west. I know
comparatively few people there
now. The old people are all gone,
the middle age people knew are
now old and the children Of that
day are not young. So, I am ra-
Their out of the picture, but like
to 60 back. Some day l may re-
turn to spend my remaining days.
Frequently I think of the old
days and the old trails I used to
travel In my imagination, I ira
vel those roads again. I find that
there are spaces in them which I
cannot recall. Therefore, after
forty years, I would like to ira
vel them again and pick up the
slack. Since you have built new
roads, it seems to me that you
have changed them so that they
run behind the homes that I know
so well, instead of in front. It
makes it appear unnatural, but
your good roads show progress
and that is commendable in any
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23
ScOttville News

The w. M. u. Association, which
was held at Scottville Baptist
church last Tuesday, was we'll at
tended.
Rev. Mr.. Absher, of Whitehead
will preach at Scottville Baptist
church the fourth Sunday after
noon at 3 o'clock.
Mr.. T. E. Perkins, who holds a
position with the Cyclone Fence
company, spent last Thursday
night with his family and was &C
companied back to Asheville by
Mrs. Perkins and their daughter,
Miss Dorothy Perkins.
Mrs. Salmon Smith visited Miss
Oma Church Tuesday.
. DR.. B. c. Waddell, of Grassy
Creek, visited in this community
Sunday afternoon.
Blain Phipps, who is with the
i Cyclone Fence company, visited
relatives here last Thursday.
Mrs. Emma Absher is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. E. E. Trivette,
of West Jefferson.
i Gray Nuckolls has gone to Dob
son to accept a position there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Dancy and
family, of Hays, visited their un-
Gle, A. c. Dancy, Sunday after
noon.
Misses Lorene Perkins and Ell
ma Waddell visited friends in
Boone Sunday.
James Church is at home from
A. S. T. c., on his vacation.
Several from here attended the
ball game at Independence, Sat-
urday afternoon.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23
N llts
AND
Kernels
By
TROY 1.
JONES

! Sundays paper says that there
has been as much damage done
at Verdun in two hours. as~in two
days in 1918. 1t won't be long
now. The same paper says or
Sunday the Germans are within
so miles of Paris. Mondays paper
says that the Germans are within
80 miles of Paris I wonder if they
have gone so fast in these rapid
movement and past Paris Of
merely staging a comeback?
1 saw a hat on display that
looked like a saucer" and a
plate" damned together one up
side down or turned wrong side
outards. 1t looked like it would
60 we'll with a 'Spooning Outfit"
I see by the papers that dame
fashion has decreed Cotton
Queen. It useter be king Cot
TOM, but this means woman is
just coming into her own!
"Cut Rates. That amt no bar
Der shop advertisement or we
would not have to suffer so
much.
One gubernatorial slogan, "Get
the Farmer out of the mud". If
they will just keep on throwing
it, they will have all of us in the
mud deeper than ever.
=
forgot to wind my watch the
other day and woke up to find
it two hours ahead. got to
breakfast once on time.
I am glad to see the warriors
doing two days work in two
hours. At that rate the war will
soon be over-over here!
Some of the big shots should
be on fire now.
4
I wonder if these men running
for governor feel any bigger by
calling themselves 'gubernator-
ial candidates.
X
Tom Cooper has quit footing
his horn. Looks like he would
keep on-he is coming out at the
little-the tootin' end. I came out
at the leetle end of the horn once
and felt SO leetle that / was not
crowded.
I also left the Harrigan and
came out at the mouth of Horse
Creek.
A good scheme of things would
have been to have had six days
of rest and one of work. So many
people have adopted this method
- l.
The last straw that breaks tt
camePs back is mighty little :.
do such humping" business.
4
|
The Allies are "Gone. With Hit
ler", and West jefferson, "Gon'
with the Wind. I don't know
| which is the worst.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23

Dear Mr.. Editor: a-ssssrasasers4-,e..
just happened to see copy
of The Skyland Post the other
day and I would like to say that
it certainly is well edited.
I noticed in that edition MAY
q where Mrs. G. D. Neal, of
, Ashe county and also Miss Hazel
Campbell of that county are hav-
ing this year or did have last
year, a letter in the public opin-
ion book, 1--WE, The People,"
What I want to call your atten-
ton to is that I know two peo-
pie here in Asheville who were
formerly of Ashe county who are
having letters published in the
book this year.
They are Mrs. H. H. Hodgin and
incidentally her son who writes
under the nom de plume of Rip
Rookie. He attended West JEFF
ferson high school by the name
of Ulysses Grant Hodgson. They
hive at 80 Trenton st. in this city.
AS I read about those two peo-
pie in your paper thought you
might just like to know what a
high per cent of the letters pub
lished in that book were written
by natives of Ashe county.
I wonder if there are any more?
Sincerely,
EDWIN G.. TUCKER
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23
THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1910

for house of representatives, state
senator from this district and for
the county school board.
Four Democrats are seeking the
nomination for the House. They
are: S. w. Brown, Bert Edwards,
Robert Fender and Charles An
dreWs.
For state senate, Robert Gam
bill and Eugene Transou are out
for the nomination.
There is no Republican contest
in the county as there is, only one
candidate seeking an office.
George Cheek is running for
stat: senate.
Amoi WAGNER is chairman of
the county board of elections.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23

county.
My plans are to visit there
again this year. If so, I will come
in and tell you few good ives
tern stories. I also plan to visit
some of the old landmarks and
meet some of my old friends. ]
suppose they are about as white
headed and wrinkled as I am, but
I am not telling my age.
Yours very truly,
J. M. GRAPHICAL, M. D.
Missoula, Mont.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23
Unequal Representation

We are gratified over the fact that the
state Democratic platform, adopted at the
convention in Raleigh last Friday, pledged
the party to reapportion legislative repre-
sentation on the basis Of the 1910 census,
regardless of what counties stand to lose
or to gain"
Legislators from the eastern part of the
state have fought the reapportionment of
the house of representatives and redistrict-
ing for members of the senate by the Gene
raj Assembly, in order that they might
keep more than their share" of legislative
representation and deprive the western
section of it's rightful and proper share.
This resolution adopted by the conven-
ton is definitely in line with the state con-
mandatory, and we trust the 1941 session of
the General Assembly will see that it is
carried out.
Proof of eastern domination in repre-
fact that fasteners now have the MAORI
ty of state Offices Here is the lineup:
With sixty percent of the population in
the 81 counties that are located west of
Raleigh, and with over sixty percent of the
states revenue being paid out of the pock-
cts of the western section of the state, the
piedmont and west have been sitting back
and letting the fasteners get majority of
the state Offices The piedmont and west
actually have less than one-third of the
emoluments and honors of state positions.
Eleven elective officials of the state are
now from the eastern section and only four
from the piedmont and west The Council
of the state is composed of five fasteners
and only two from the piedmont and west.
The state board of education is composed
of five fasteners and only two from the
western and piedmont counties. The state
board of assessments is composed of four
fasteners and one from the piedmont area
and none from the west. The executive of
the Local Government Commission has
four fasteners, with no piedmont and
western members. The municipal board of
control for the state is composed of three
fasteners and none from the west or pied
mont More than two-thirds of the major
appointive officers of the state are from
the east and because of this probably
more than two-thirds of the lesser officials
and employees of the state are also from
the east.
Is that fair when the majority of the peo-
pie live in the piedmont and west and
when this section pays way over half of
the bill?
Obviously it is not and something should
be done about it. The western and pied
mont legislators should get together and
get busy.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23

Carl Ingram of the Fork Town
ship in Wayne county was forced
to requiem his apiary because of
an outbreak of the European
Foulbrood disease, reports R. B.
Harper, assistant county farm ag-
ent.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23

Millions of helpless men, women and
children in France, England, Belgium and
Holland are suffering today because OF the
bloody, ruthless war being waged Let's DO
our part by giving money to the Ashe
chapter of the American Red Cross.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23
Ready To Defend

Since that cold, rainy afternoon in March
1888, when Roosevelt was inaugurated as
President of the United States, his leader
ship has been courageous and straight-for-
ward. He has boldly faced many battling
and complex problems and has always
dared to speak his mind, but never before
has he demonstrated greater ability or
greater courage to face facts as they exist
today and as they may affect the United
States tomorrow than he did last Thursday
afternoon when he delivered most sig
nificant speech before a joint session OF
Congress, urging that this nation get ready
at once to defend itself against any and all
possible enemies.
Germany's lightning war in Europe,
which threatens to conquer the Allies IN
record time, makes it imperative that this
country be ready to defend itself against
complete dictatorship of our foreign mar
kets and also against the possibility OF be-
ing attacked by modern war machine.
President Roosevelt ably pointed out
that to win wars today it takes stream
lined military machine of latest airplanes,
tanks, guns, armies and navieS. In urging
that this nation be so well prepared that
it can protect itself against any nation or
against any combination of nations, Roose-
welt is taking the only course to preserve
peace at home and to give some ray OF
hope to the other democracies OF the world.
The French army is said to be the best
in the world and their defense fortifica-
tons were described as being "invulner-
able" and yet the German machine has been
going through them rapidly.
To us it seems criminal that the leader
ship of France and England should have
been so blind as to not realize what Ger
many, a downtroden nation of twenty fiv
years ago, has been doing during the past
few years in the way of war preparation.
Apparently they have been asleep and
their people are now awakening to the sad
and horrible realization that their coun-
tries war machinery is out-of-date and in
adequate to cope with more modern one.
They have had on their side every possible
advantage of resources area and manpow-
er, but today they are faced with possible
defeat.
Can they hold out against Hitler's NIGH
ty thrust? Lets hope so. The Nazi leader is
taking a pig gamble of throwing every
thing his country has into quick, smash
ing victory. If, this initial drive is stopped
it is quite likely that the Allies will win,
provided Russia and Italy do not join the
German cause.
Events in Europe are-nnoving so swiftly
and so deadly that it is impossible to pre-
dict one day, with any degree of accura-
cy, what might happen the next.
At any rate, it is consoling to know that
we have the leadership in this country
that is willing to face the facts and to get
ready for defense and to make our security
absolute.
Roosevelt deserved the vast ovation that
he received last Thursday and his propo-
sails have met with hearty approval
throughout the nation.
Of course we do not like the idea of con-
tinued increasing of the national debt, but
we like the idea of being destroyed by a
ruthless, fame seeking Napoleon much less.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23
SUCCESSFUL REVIVAL HELD

Herbert Caldwell, of Indepen-
dence, recently conducted one of
the most successful revivals in
the history of Mt. Pleasant Cha
pei Baptist church. Thirty-six
persons were converted, and
twenty-one persons joined the
church.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23
Asheville, N. c.

Dear Mr.. Editor: 4aesss-,,.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-20

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count on this thick. luxurious s0ol
and mohair plaid for real warmth
II has a full ripper front. ons mp
per pocket Save
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Townsend Favors
Wendell Willkie

NEW xoRK - Dr.. Francis Z.
Townsend. founder g the Town.
send cd age pension plan. We'd
resdax formally announced that his
organization favors Wendell L
wnlkie. Republican candidate for
president
= had breakfast With Hr. VIII
Ike lasf Saturday Townsend said.
and I consider him a splendid
man. typical American. I haven't
any doubt that he i wholly in SYM
pathy with what we are trying 10
carry out.
7 didn't ask him FOR any CON-
mitments. but he told me he vas
always willing 10 give serious con-
sideration to any proposal backed
by any aggregation Of American
people. such as this.
DR.. Townsend also said his group
would support Charles L McNary,
the Republican vice presidential
candidate. Who Ne aid has given
US splendid support for years past"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-20
American Reporters Dare Death Each Day
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