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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-20
NOTICE

To all parties concerned, this
is to inform you that we, c. L..
Blevins, and Ruth M. Blevins,
have sold to Worth B. Miller, all
of our interest in the firm doing
business as the Riverside Store,
at Crumpler, N. c., and will not
be in any way responsible for
any debts or other obligations in
Cured by said firm after date
of June 10, 1910.
C.. L. BLEVINS
6-13-2tp RUTH M. BLEVINS
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WEAVERSFORD NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Gwyn Blackburn
of Mouth of Wilson, visited Mrs
Ella Roupe Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Davis and
family, of West Va, Mrs. T. c.
Handy, Miss Lena Sawyer and
Mrs. c. c. Phipps visited Miss
Bertha and Mr., Fred Phipps.
Miss Myrtle Phipps, who gra-
duated in May at the Long School
of Nursing, returned home Sun
day for two weeks vacation.
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NOTICE OF SALE

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
BEFORE THE CLERK
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHE COUNTY
EARL PRICE, ADMINISTRA-
TOR CTA OF JENNIE JONES,
DECEASED
VS.
EARL PRICE, DEVISEE, EFT AL
Under and by virtue of an or
der of the Superior Court of
Ashe County made in the above
entitled proceedings, I, Ira T.
Johnston, Commissioner, will sell
to the highest bidder for cash at
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-20

More than 100000 farmers,
operating 81 percent of the crop
land in the United States, are
participating in the 1910 AAA
program, announces the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Administration.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-20

FOR SALE - Practically new
General Electric large beverage
cooler. Will sell at bargain price.
See Glenn Roland, West Jeffer-
son. 6-20-1tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-20

FREE-f excess acid causes you
pains of Stomach Ulcers, Indiges-
ton, Heartburn, Belching, Bloat-
ing, Nausea, Gas Pains, get Free
Sample, Udga, at Ray Drug Co.
4-11-12tpd.
ESTABLISHED RAWLEIGH
ROUTE available in Allegheny
County. Has been worked for
over 2 years by the same Dealer.
Good opportunity for a hustler
with car Write Rawleigh's, Dept.
NCE-249-204, Richmond, Va.
5-9-6tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-20

FOR SALE-2 farms, 120 acres
and 125 acres, about IS miles east
of Charlotte, two miles from a
railway station, estimated 1000
cords of wood each place. Good
roads accessible, price $1,000 per
acre. Also 1885 Chevrolet truck.
Will exchange for cattle. Write
Box 326, Albemarle, N. c. 6-20-2t
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Lemon Juice Recipe Checks
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If you suffer from rheumatic, arthritis or
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RATES

FOR SALE-A good typewriter
and adding machine. Apply The
Skyland Post 9-7-tf
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WANTED-Colored girl to stay
on premises. Work not hard. Pay
good, health certificate necessary.
Write or call at Skyland Post. tx
Evening star., 1940-10-02

more famous port of Dunkerque, re-
suited in the Spanish fleets complete
rout.
Francis Drake was firebrand. His
animosity against Spain's cruelty and
injustice could not be appeased. But
his enemies were won by his courtesy
and even the generosity with which he
treated them, especially prisoners of war.
It is said that he never killed prisoner
nor destroyed a ship unless 1t were
taken in war against him. For a
church, woman, or an unarmed man
he had a noble forbearance that sur
passed the brightest chivalry OF his time.
While Drake moved like charmed
character through storm and fire,
through gunshot and treachery, none Of
these things harming him, he was struck
by q deadly disease on the occasion Of
his seventh visit to the New World. In
the grip of q raging fever, he sought
refuge in Mosquito Bay, but nothing
could rally him. He succumbed to the
invisible enemy In the year 1906 and was
buried miles at 90. opposite. Porto
Bello, and is now, q " might seem.
silent sentinel guarding the entrance 70
the pHuamA Csnal
Evening star., 1940-10-02
Would Expel All
Hostile Representatives.
70 the Editor Of The Star:

70 the Editor Of The Star:
A fortnight treaty, of appropriate de.
sign, with The Netherlands for lease,
over period Of years, of suitably strate-
gic bases for American armed forces ap-
pears pressing necessity, now that in
ternational frictions are emitting the
smoke of aggression in an area really
not distant from American territory, and
which is friendly source of very essen
tial raw materials.
The Philippine Islands are cherished
by the American people and the Meth
erlands East Indies hold much of grave
interest for our national welfare.
Ample nests" for aviation units can be
built and occupied almost overnight and
our motor birds" would make a very
torrid summer for Japanese.
The axis" barbarians are frankly CIV
ing Uncle Sam resounding Bronx cheer,
but a firm handgrip of mutual under
standing with our Dutch friends would
change their attitude.
The majority of our people have been
convinced-by countless acts of outrage
that we are harboring the oficial di-
.rectors of sabotage and that we can
vastly profit by expelling, bag and bag
gage. every representative Of Germany.
Italy and Japan. They are, obviously,
not our breed of human animal
JOHN H. ARMITAGE.
September n.
Evening star., 1940-10-02

reserves of gold and foreign ex-
change exhausted, and communica-
tions by road and rail largely
destroyed. Since then conditions
have not changed much for the bet
ter. spain's economic life is still
half paralyzed. All the evidence
discloses deplorable state Of scar
city, with acute shortages of food,
clothing, fuel and housing, especially
for the city populations. Winter is
now at hand, when conditions will
grow worse rather than better.
General Franco officially admits
that at least one-fourth Of Spain's
wheat supply has to be imported,
while gasoline. lubricating oils and
other vital necessities must come
entirely from abroad. They can
come only with the assent Of Britain,
which is in a position to impose an
almost complete blockade. Thus far
Britain has put Spain on meagre i'm
port, rations. But the day when
Franco throws in his lot wholly with
the axis and assails Gibraltar, those
rations will stop. And, while Ger
many and Italy may send plenty Of
soldiers and munitions, they can
send little else.
Thus Generalissimo Franco Is In a
tough spot, and there can be little
doubt that Senor Suner has poured
his tale of woe quite frankly into
Hitler's and Mussolini's ears. At
heart, Franco is with the axis and
would like to cut in on the profits.
OF that there can be no doubt. But.
unless Germany and Italy can find
some way Of meeting his pressing
needs, it would seem unlikely that
he can offer them much beyond
benevolent neutrality. And they are
probably wise enough not to drive
him or his people to utter despera-
tion.
Spain is getting some economic
help from its tiny neighbor, Portugal.
Under its canny dictator. Oliveira
Salazar, little Portugal has been do
ing a complicated balancing act,
maintaining good relations both with
Britain and with its stronger Iberiap
partner. Yet here again, the possi-
bilities are limited. Strong arm
tactics against Portugal would quick
ly imprison both countries within q
British blockade. BY and large,
Spain's position is a most unhappy
one And, so far as can be seen, a
plunge into the present war would
be about the worst thing that she
could do
Evening star., 1940-10-02
Can Spain Stond War?

The diplomatic fittings of Ramon
Serrano Suner, minister of govern
ment for Dictator Franco, are keep
ing him much in the limelight these
days. Fresh from a week in Berlin,
he is now comforting in Rome with
Mussolini and the Duce's foreign
minister, Count Ciano. During his
Berlin sojourn, Nazi press handouts
emphasized the Importance Of Senor
Suner's visit and intimated that
Spain would soon be a full-hedged
member of the axis aggregation.
However, Authoritative sources"
from Rome and inspired editorials in
the Fascist press are pitched in
different key. We are told that the
Rome talks, while clarifying the
identity of views" between Spain
and the axis powers. do not permit
any pressure on Spain to step into
an active part in the war" At least,
not yet.
What does this sudden deflation
mean? To those who have followed
Spanish internal history since the
close of the civil war, year and a
half ago, it means just one thing:
Exhausted, half-starved, bankrupt
Spain simply cannot stand the gaff
of war on a major scale. No matter
how much Franco and his ultra
nationaliStic followers may yearn to
recover Gibraltar and play big role
in Africa, they fear the consequences
which a large-scale military effort
might involve.
Last spring General Franco took
the nation into his confidence and
painted a decidedly gloomy picture.
He warned his fellow countrymen
that, year after. the civil war had
ended, the warehouses were empty,
the factorie1not yet repaired, the
Evening star., 1940-10-02

whether it be a baseball game or q
campaign for election. 1t is because
fair play is the rule in this country
that the several unseemly incidents
which greeted the Willkie party in
Detroit and Pontiac stand out as
newsworthy exceptions. If fair play
were to go out the window, freedom
of speech and the other rights guar
anteed by democracy would follow
in due course. AS Mr.. Willkie sue
cinctly put it, catcalls are poor sub
stitute for thinking. Certain 1t is
that Mr.. WILKES cause has not been
damaged by the scattered outcrop-
pings of hoodlumism which have
greeted his tour in sections OF the
Midwest.
Evening star., 1940-10-02
Campaign Abuse

President Roosevelt echoes the
sentiment of the vast majority of
the American people, regardless of
political allegiance, when he con-
demns the reprehensible tactics to
which a few of Wendell WILKES
opponents have resorted during the
Republican presidential candidates
tour of industrial centers in Michi-
gan. That one of the more fragrant
Of the offenders should have been a
Federal employe is especially de-
plorable, and Mr.. Roosevelt, obviously
incensed, was thoroughly justified in
expressing the view that the offense
merited adequate punishment.
Fair play is one of the inherent
characteristics of the average Amer
lean citizen. He demands good
sportsmanship inA any contest,
Evening star., 1940-10-02

Small plants with small flowers play
an important part in the home garden.
Especially 1T this time of the year they
MI in ~ nothing else will.
Take Sedum spectabile.
We have heard gardeners deprecate its
heads Of ashy pink flowers, and its low
lying growth, but II 1t is in the right
place, 1t is the queen of the yard. Un
passing, let US point to that combination
Of III 1t is in" will not occur more than
once or twice in . lifetime of writing)
A distinctly fright place" for the sedum
is on the edge Of 4 small pool, or bird
bath sunk In the ground.
Certainly such . pool should not be
more than 2 feet in diameter. A foot
is better. A pie pan will do. although
. glass baking dish Is better.
II this sort of bird bath is sunk flush
with the earth, and given q neat border
of small stones, fitted carefully around
the rim, 1t becomes . real beauty spot
Of the garden.
The creation OF such spots is one Of
the finest arts in gardening. Any one
can work up picture with great gladioli.
in season, or q mass Of narcissus In
spring, or q bank of hardy chrysanthe-
NUNS later. but 1t is not every gardener
who is able to create these little pictures.
Nor are they appreciated by every one,
but you can be sure that when the right
man or woman comes along they will be
acclaimed.
This means, too, that the owner is the
right person, at all times
Gardening should be done for him,
alone. or for her, alone. Then, II others
want to see and appreciate, so much the
better. but they are not necessary. Until
this point is reached, the ornamental
gardener is just 4 dirt gardener; after it,
he is 4 garden philosopher.
There Is nothing the garden philos-
opher likes better than the small effect.
There is nothing difhcult about this,
but it does require an artistic eye, . real
sense Of the beautiful.
Some flower arrangers get this effect
with . bowl and q few flowers. Other
persons simply cram the bowl full of
stalks, with the result that all artistic
possibilities are lost. Nature, In her
wilds. does far better, even when she
masses things. Her effect Is one OF pro-
fusion. The human who Grams his bowls
and vases too full of stalks and blossoms
spoils what he sets out to beautify.
In the garden the same thing can be
done. unless the gardener keeps fully
in mind the year around the possibilities
Of these artistic small effects
Then a simple morning glory vine be-
comes a thing OF beauty. 1t may not
last forever, as the poem had it, but
while 1t lasts, it is q thing of beauty,
without a doubt.
There can be no question about good
material, to begin with.
The better the bird bath. the better
the plants, the more likely the complete
results are to be good, in every sense.
This means that . stone bird bath,
everything else being equal, is going to
be better than a tin pan.
Evening star., 1940-10-02
TronouilliN

This shining inlet is the place OF peace
Where all lifes vague unrest just floats
away,
To fade like troubled dreams Of yes
terday,
Or Fancys false mirages of caprice.
Now my tired soul, in unconstrained re-
lease,
Vibrates with sweet, new rapture.
strange and gay,
Content to give divinity full sway
Drifting through silences that never
cease.
Here Heaven has spread a mirror for
the sky.
Fringed with tall rushes; whispering
forest trees
Frame it in living green; clear depths
Of blue
Smile back at Heaven; yon fishers boat
and I,
It's only flaws, relax and drift at ease,
While Heavens peace pervades Va.
through and through.
! SrOuIsE WILSON DuNwEL.
Evening star., 1940-10-02
Free Elections" Held
Non-Existent.

Nom Existent.
10 the Editor of The Star:
theoretically. the American voter Is
free to make his choice at the polls but
our social system has become so honey
combed with political pull" and mis-
directed power, he only too frequently
becomes . pawn, manipulated at will by
those that control the board
There is q certain type of individual
who upholds the letter of the law with
all the force at his command, as did In
spector Javert in Hugos novel Les
Miserables," while ignoring the fact that
there are elements in life that transcend
theories and formulas. Javeft, in a
fanatical attempt to enforce the letter
of the law sacrificed q truer sense of
liberty.
Today we are told by our President
that we are not menaced by q dictator
ship as we are protected by free elec-
tions. This is true only in theory.
Now the most naive person must be
aware that our voters, far from being
free to vote as their conscience dictates,
are frequently compelled to vote as the
bosses dictate. They are victims of cir
cumstances over which they have little
control. In ye olden days workman
was curtly informed that the factory
would be closed unless he voted as di-
rected. In more modern times armies
on relief, or dependent on New Deal
jobs, are unwilling to cast their vote for
what they believe may prove a better
social order simply because they are
unwilling to risk the loss Of pay check,
when in reality the risk may be nil
Needless to say that the party in power,
and one with billions at its disposal,
possesses such an enormous advantage
over Its opponents, the idea Of free elec-
tions becomes . hollow mockery. A So
called liberty ruled and regulated by
self-seeking politicians may be liberty in
theory but 1t is not liberty in truth.
EDMUND K. GOLDSBOROUGH.
Septemher =.
Evening star., 1940-10-02

election were due to the votes of the
common people-the "have-nots"-is un-
disputed; nor Is it denied that the more
prosperous and richer classes-the
"haves"-not only voted against him but
have been bitter in their denunciation
Of his policies toward giving the "have-
nots' better break. I submit 1t Is the
fear of having their privileges and pros
perity curtailed for the benefit of the less
prosperous-in other words, a more equal
distribution of the comforts OF life
among the people as a whole-that is
the basis of the hypocritical cry of the
third term being q threat against our
democratic institutions"
believe there is enough clear think
ing among the mass Of Americans to
blow the smoke of hypocrisy OF the po-
litical horizon and re-elect the man in
whose hands the ship of state will be
safest. DAVID M. PECHIN.
September 20.
Evening star., 1940-10-02
Defense of London


published in this country yesterday,
acknowledges that the British de-
fenSe of London has proved to be
strong" The concession comes after
nearly a month Of almost incessant
aerial bombardment of the great city.
During these dreadful weeks the
civilian population of London has
been subjected to merciless bombing,
by day and by night; many buildings
of little or no military Importance
have been wrecked, streets have been
cluttered with ruins-but London
carries on, magnificently and undis-
mayed. If it was the purpose of the
Nazi air armada to deal knockout
blows to the Royal Air Force and to
British morale, thereby paving the
way for an early invasion of England,
that purpose has been frustrated to
date by the stout defense put up by
British flyers and anti-aircraft
crews To say that this defense has
been strong is to state the facts
mildly. The Berlin acknowledgment
merely confirms the reports which
have been coming from news corre-
spondents and from neutral military
observers in London.
More important even are the indi-
cations that London's defenSes are
growing stronger as the days of siege
pass by. Fewer Nazi bombing planes
are penetrating to the heart of the
city, according to recent advices.
There are rumors of secret new
weapons and techniques. 1t is said
that anti-aircraft fire has improved
greatly in accuracy, due to use of
new types Of plane 'locators" and
development Of longer ranges. In
last Sundays battle, for example,
anti-aircraft batteries were credked
with telling six out of ten Nazi
planes shot down over London. The
number of anti aircraft batteries is
believed to have been increased in
recent weeks, for the barrages from
these guns have been described as
having unprecedented intensity.
Moreover, the balloon barrier around
the metropolitan area is reported to
have been elevated considerably.
Augmenting the ground controlled
defenseS is novel "nighthawk pa
troll" made up of flyers specially
trained in nocturnal operations and
plotting ships whose red-hot ex-
hauStS are shielded from enemy
view. The effectiveness of this pa
troll has been demonstrated on sew
eral nights recently.
Far from being cowed, London is
preparing to continue her resistance
with redoubled energy and determi-
nation during the coming winter.
The ordinary hardships of cold
weather will be multiplied within
the next few months, as thousands
of men, women and children have
been bombed out of their homes.
Because there are not enough air.
raid shelters for all the homeless.
many of these innocent victims of
ruthless warfare have been sleeping
in London's subways. Plans for
evacuating as many women and
children as possible already are we'll
under way. Additional bombproof
cellars are being constructed. In
short, London, battered but more de-
f1ant than ever is settling down for
a winter-long siege, with high hopes
of ultimate victory. Its spirit, like
its defense, remains strong. Dy-
manic democracy of this sort is
something which Hitler cannot un-
derstand and which, no doubt, is
causing him much worry as his in
vasion plans get further and further
behind schedule.
Evening star., 1940-10-02
THIS AND THAT
BY Chsrles Z. Tyaes,osH.

On the other hand. We have seen q
person with really artistic sense take an
old garbage can and . little concrete,
and with them turn out something of
beauty.
In this regard mention should be made
Of the gradual disappearance in the last
year of the unsishtly, unpainted radio
aeriak. 1t was an amazing thing that
. man who owned an expensive and
artistic home would put such q mon
strosity right on the front, where the
whole world could see 1t, but he did,
with sad results.
Now the locp aerial under many fancy
names, has taken over in most OF the
little and big sets of the past year.
1t is now possible to get even foreign
short wave reception with these sets, so
that the old dangling exterior aerial is
left to sway in the wind. All owners of
new sets should see to 1t that the old
ugly eyesore antennas are taken down.
Another little matter in the garden
which deserves attention Is the garden
stake.
Good gardeners use stakes
They come in mighty handy to stake
up tall plants which have a tendency
to fall or lop over. There are many of
these, As all home gardeners know.
Just any old stake won't do. Nothing
Is uglier than q yard filled with bare
unpainted stakes, especially If they are
more In the line of old boards than
stakes. They should be cut to the proper
width, and painted 4 dark green. The
color labelled on most cans blind green"
is perhaps the best for this purpose. 1t
blends perfectly with grass and leaf
green's, bringing them out, but never
shouting in its own right.
Other green's, such as sage green. Jade
green, and green's with olive in them.
such as moss green, tend TO clash
horribly. If you are sensitive to such
things.
Overlooking the small details in
gardening is very common, but the worst
coAe Va oNciA ID 70 tne small
plants.
Then . yard will never have the
crocus, or the Sweet Woodruff, or the
aforementioned Sedum, called spectabile.
Many OF the wildnowers are tiny, but
magnificent. They test the capacity of
any gardener, and may be overlooked
easily both by himself and his guests.
He may be assured. however. that few
plants give more satisfaction than blood
roots. anemones. Jacobs ladder, Virginia
bluebells, spring beauties, trillium, Jack
in-the-pulpit, etc.
Consider the spring beauty, famous in
every botany class in America.
Its pink and white flowers and feshy
leaves might even be overlooked entirely
by persons who have never heard of
poetry, both in books and in nature. They
would be missing a great deal, however.
1t is these small things which are the
flower of home gardening, as an art.
Have these, and less roses and dahlias,
and you will not be doing bad right now.
as the song says in regard to another
matter
Evening star., 1940-10-02
Opponents of Third Term
Held Hypocritical.
To the Editor Of The Star:

TO the Editor Of The Star:
Isn't this loud chorus about the third
term being the INST step toward Dictator
ship for America absurd? Certainly q
big utility or corporation In times Of
trouble would not think of changing its
chief executive. Why should the United
States, the biggest corporation of all, do
so? But, say the anti-third termites,
it will mean totalitarianism. The ants
say the third term is threat to democ-
racy, but isn't what they really mean
that it is threat to autocracy? The
fact that Roosevelts election and re.