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Vvot U0» The Skyland P Published Every Thursday By SKYLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY _West Jefferson, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1950 Entered u Second-Class Matter at the Post Office, West Jefferson, N. C. ED M. ANDERSON Publisher MRS. ED M. ANDERSON Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES PER TEAR In Ashe—(2.5a Outside Ashe—|3.0d The Post is (lad to publish letters, not too hmc, on matters of general interest. But such communications must be accompanied by the real name of the writer, even when they are to be published under a nom de Plume. MEMBER OF NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative Newspaper Advertising Service Chicago San Francisco New York Action And Stability Time is short for the youth of this county to get the education needed and for that reasop it is important to get some definite action, started on the school build ing program in this county. And in view of the alarming world conditions, definite and immediate action is essential. We can never get action as long as there is a di vided opinion and as long as the building committee of the Staate Board of Educa tion continues to change its opinion. It appears that the planning board and others concerned with locations have had months to study the various sites and ar rive at definite conclusions. We are won dering if the next site selected will go through the same routine, delay and again reach a state of indecision. "We were hopeful that the Ashe county plans to be considered at the board meet ing in Raleigh last week would be Lansing and Riverview where the need is great. And according to confirmation with mem bers of the State Board this was scheduled. But no time was taken up with these pro jects. When we consider the school popu lation served by these two schools, and the need for more room, it seems that now is a time for action. At Riverview, the coal bin has been turned into a classroom. Here too, plans are underway for a vocational agriculture teacher. But with no building projects ap proved, nothing more can be undertaken. We think it is a wise plan, for the county board of education to go ahead with an agriculture bgilding so that vocational ag riculture can be taught there. -0O0 r Action For Safety ^. We were impressed with the number who attended the Governor’s safety con ference as headed by Editor, John A. Park. The various groups did much con structive thinking and we believe th*t real worthwhile results may be achieved. We believe, too that education is the ♦ real answer to the problem and that much of this must be adult education. We hear tily concur with Governor Scott in his suggestion that the legislature enact a satisfactory motor vehicle inspection pro gram. The right kind of program of this kind, administered in the right way will not be a burden on any one and is certain to result in more safety on the highways. In one of the group discussions, much attention was centered around low should ers as a cause for accidents. This is a prob lem which we believe that the highway maintenance department can improve up We are looking forward to the organized program which is expected to result from this state-wide safety movement. Safety is something we are all interested in. _0O0 Seeing North Carolina , We like the idea of seeing North Caro lina and certainly there are manythings in North Carolina to see. Tins summer we have drama from the mountains to the The Lost Colony, the historical drama ,f the birth of this nation is again under way at Manteo. Those who have not seen t should make an effort to do so. And hose who have seen it should go again and again. The symbolic story of what those first grave settlers encountered should make every American rededicate himseif to the principles on which this nation was founded. In the West, North Carolina has a new drama, “Unto These Hills,” at the Moun tainside Theatre at Cherokee. It is( the story of the Cherokee Indians, the his tory of a never to be forgotten race of people. The presentation of this drama tic story should attract not only North Carolinians, but many people from else where it is of great historical significanie and is a contribution toward peace. -0O0 The Whole Story An interesting editorial on certain phas es of socialized medicine recently appear ed in the Christian Science Monitor, which said, “The increase in reported sickness during Great Britain’s first full year of socialized mediicne has its significance for the United States. Much of the Bri tish program is embraced in the proposal^ of government medical care insurance which the Truman administration is pro moting. . . “Sickness among adult Britons rose eight per cent and workdays lost through^ illness 22 per cent . . . Officials credit the growth of reported illness mainly to eco nomic reason—people now getting meSi cal service who previously could nof af ford it. “But there are additional reasons.' In the experience of European countries with compulsory sickness insurance it has long been observed that when workers are taxed for medical care they often claim it unnecessarily. That is the ony way that many figure they can get something back for their money . . . “It is aso a standard part of the gov ernment insurance policy to give weekly cash payments to claimants. The chance to stay at home and live for a while with the aid of state funds frequently militates against a speedy return to work. "These and other disadvantages of a national system of government insurance for medical care are getting no publicity from the Truman Administration. British experience, however, is bringing out some of the missing facts.” In other words, these medical schemes make malingerers out of the people — even as they regiment medicine, overwork the doctors to the breaking point, and ser iously reduce the standards of medical care. _ Competition And Growth In a statement made before a House Subcommittee on the Study of Monopoly Power, the president of U. S. Steel said: “What is wrong with a competitive syst«n under which we in America have made more progress in 50 years than the rest oT the world combined? What — short of sheer economic insanity—would prompt us to trade our streamlined, free-wheeling competitive system for some outmoded, old - world jalopy even if the idea comes from high places and is all dressed up in a new coat of paint? I know of no issue con fronting the American people today which will affect their future welfare so vi tally.” The point at issue here is the campaign to destroy big businesses just because they are big. Over a period of time, we have seen antitrust suits and various kinds of investigations of a long range of basic en terprises — steel, meat packing, a great chemical concern, a major chain store sys tem and so on. In none of these cases has monopoly been proved — and in most of them it is evident to all that monopoly is just non-existent. To take one example, some of the meat packing companies are big—but that does not free them of the constant need for meeting the competition of thousands of other packers, all of whom are out after more business. To take an other, the biggest steel company now ac counts for only half as much of the nation’s total steel output as it produced when it was created in 1901. Why does any business become big? The answer is plain — because it serves its customers well, and they keep on pa tronizing it. They like its product or its I service or its method of operation. To ! charge monopoly just because a concern has been successful is to charge the ridi culous. And the philosophy back of that kind of thinking could wreck our economy and our living standards. This Week In Washington One of the moat important pieces of news in- the congress this past week is the decision of the house ways and- means committee to levy- a corporation tax to replace the loss because of excise tax cuts. President Truman had threat ened to veto the tax bill contain ing approximately a biljian - dollar cut in excise taixes unless the loss was offset by new taxes from some other source. In meeting the President’s con ditions the ways and means committee apparently has writ ten an entirely new corporate tax bill which would impose a 21- per cent normal tax on all corporation earnings, plus a 20 per- cent surtax on income in excess of $25,000. Actually the bill, according to its sponsors will hit only cor porations earning more than $167,000 a year. Small corpora tions making up to $5,000 would be taxed as at present and) firms earning between $5,000 and $167, 000 would actually benefit from a taix cut. In the meantime, politics con tinued to play its hand in most every other section of congress, with the exception of legisla tive approval of two senate com mittee of $1,222,500,000 for the arms aid program to nations in the Atlantic' pact opposing com munism. Vice -President Alben- Barkley ij took an unprecedented action when he questioned the motives of 2-1 Republicans who are in sisting the Ameiasia case be re opened despite the action of two grand juries which held there is no room for indictment. Senator Barkley voiced the opinion that there is “grave doubt of the wisdom- of using the senate as a grand jury to investigate pub lic officials.” The charges of Sen. Joseph McCarthy- of Wisconsin, which a:e daily met by counter - charges and denials from the state department, and which still have resulted1 in nothing tangible are in the hands of the senate committee headed by Senator Tydings of Maryland. Although the committee seems to be in active, in the light of other sen ate committees in the recent past which used the Hollywood technique, the Tydings commit tee nevertheless is cooperating fully with the FBI and the de partment of justice, and' as fast as worthwhile evidence is deve loped it is turned over to these organizations for action before a federal grand jury. Recent ar rests by the FBI are said to stem from evidence unearthed by the committee On the economic front, accord- ■ in® to the statistics, business and income continued to be up, un employment is lessening, life in surance sales are on the increase and the committee for economic, development composed of out- , standing business leaders reports! that real Wages will be doubled ’ within the next few years. With congress set to adgourir in early or middle August, it ap peared definite that there will be no Taft - Hartley law repeal; tihere will be no civil rights measures passed; there will be no federal health insurance measure; there will be no aid! , to education bill; there will be an increase in coverage of social security, including domestics; there may be extension of the draft law,, but not until late in the session and as a result the present law may expire and’ many young men likely will be forced to re-register. The private power interests are again all set to block the administration policy on the pub lic power question and it appears that an, all-out fight will wind up the senate on this issue. At the recent meeting of the Edison Institute in Atlantic City, speakers leveled one tirade af ter another at the Truman ad ministration on the power and other issues. The big oil inter ests are also active seeking to block any import of foreign oil. Paradoxically Texas congress men are reported to be in re ceipt of a resolution from tihe Houston, Texas, cotton exchange deploring this action and declar ing that even though Texas is the leading oil producing state, imports of foreign oil are neces sary so that foreign nations may buy Texas cotton, which" is the backbone of Texas. " The communicatioiT declares that foreign nations must have American dollars and any halt] in imports is a blockade against exports of American goods. MIDSUMMER MIGHT'S DREAM r | Rural] REST Ashe Gas By Stella W. Anderson It’s bean time in Ashe county. And if you are not convinced iust ride around and see them growing and then visit the Ashe 3ean and Vegetable Market, vhich has started1 another suc cessful season. M/any of the veteran buyers ire back on the market as well is some new ones. And from the suspicious beginning, all indica ;ions are that the bean season sviH be a profitable one here. Bonds and Bonds Ashe county can boast of bonds vt loyalty from people who once .ived here and that brings on ;alk about more bonds. In order to help this county nakse ifs quota during the Inde jendience Savings Bond Drive Fames Robert Yearick, of Wash ngtanv D. C„ formerly of this county, came back the other day ipdi purchased around $2,000 vorth of U. S. Savings bonds. Mowing on Main Street Moving continues to go on the nain business street of the town, roe Williams’ milk shake stand las' been moved, from the corner til the way to North Wilkes juro. Remodelling is going on in the racksora building and rumor has t that roses will soon be bloom ng there! Not the kinda one jrcws on a butsh, but Roses’ Five indi Ten Cent Store. Young Driver Most boys and girls wait until they are fifteen or sixteen to learn how to drive a car. But kittle Miss Sandra Williams has started much earlier. But then ihe has a real automobile just ner size. It has a motor and1 a lorn just like the larger models ind she really knows how to steer it. We noticed her the other , afternoon on the main street, j 3£course her father walked along i beside this young driver. From the gleeful expression on her | face it was plain to see she was. really having fun. In The Mail Apex, N. C. June 28, 1958 Mrs. Ed Mr. Anderson West Jefferson, N. C. Dear Mrs. Anderson: Last week I was so busy pack ing that I did not have time to see you and request that my ad dress be changed to Apex, N. C. I do not want to miss getting The Skyland Post. We enjoy reading it veTy much, It sure has been a hot time down here. We have about got ten things in place again. I greatly appreciate the coop eration that you gave me in my work in Ashe county. I am sure The Everyday Counselor REV. HERBERT D. SPAUGH, D. D. Why not get ini st^p with Al mighty God and His gr^at on ward) - going program with the world? Why not get in step with the people who are a part of this program? Many of you who read this have been in military service, and know that one of the first lessons taught a recruit is the art of keeping in step with the otffer members of his group. The fel low who is out of step is always walking on the other fellow’s heels. We don’t like the fellow who is consistently out of step with life, the chronic croaker and complainer, the perennial pessi-j misi, the pimple picker. The man I who can see nothing but defects, find nothing but faults speak nothing but criticisms is to be pitied. He is an obstructor in the world, where helpers are needed. J. B. Lawrence writing in the Southern Baptist Home Missions Magazine points to those great characters in the Bible who caught step with God and moved forward in His great onward - going program. ‘'Moses caught step with the infinite and led a nation into the Promised Land. Paul Caught step with the program of God and rooted Christianity in the life of the world. Luther caught step with the Holy Spirit and gave pause to the papal power of Rome by sponsoring religious freedom for men. George Wash ington and the signers of the Declaration of Independence in America caught step with the spirit of liberty and gave to the world the most equitable form of government known to man. “God is going on ari^ the man who stops not only breaks step, but falls out of line and is left I had some of the finest people in N. C. to work with while there. Stop by to see us sometime. Your truly:, Thomas H. Sears. Thanks to you Mr. Sears. The people of Ashe county miss the whole Sears family. You did an excellent job here with the far mers. It was a pleasure to co operate with you. June 20^ 1950 Dear Mrs. Anderson: I enclose $3 to renew my sub scription to The Post. Thank you so much for carrying the sub scription without ever “dunning” me. I assure you that I didn’t forget thisc We just ran into a small financial squall. Will try to do better next time. Thank you agani. Sincerely, Mrs. R. E. Braswell, Hit. 3, Canton, Ofcio. We are always glad to hear from Mrs. Braswell. She has many friends in Ashe county who always welcome her. behind on the wayside of the trivial while the host of progress march on to their appointed des tiny. We live in a mowing world. The vast expanse pf space is fil led with spinning planets and revolving sun. Nothing is static except death It is so in the king dom of God. “The easiest thing !n the world is *> organize a retreat/ The < tragedy of life is to live at a ' poor, dying rate..The peril of the kingdom, of God is that the good may take the place of the best. God wants His people to go on.” Get in step with God. His great program is. moving forward. No one is going to stop it. The fol lowers of Christ are soldiers as well as saints. Join the onward* warching hosts of the church of God. Get in step with your think ing, with your life, yes, with your pooketbook. Anything less than one-seventh of your time and one tenth of your money throw’s you out of step. Ashe County Farming News By Dana Tugman Countv Asrent J One of the most important phases of livestock farming is pasture management at this sea son of the year the most valu able thing that can be done in pasture management is to clip them. Clipping pastures offers several advantages to farriers who’ are attempting to develop a well balanced pasture and feed program. Clipping' destroys undesirable weeds, affords a source of sup plementary hay for winter feed ing, reduces competition for nu trients. Moisture and Tight by undesirable species, sfumlates growth of those plants which are desirable, and increases the feed value and palatability of those plants which are desired. Every livestock fanner in the county realizes that his great est problem is in producing a feed supply sufficient to winter the number of cattle he can keep during the summer. Clipping of fers some relief to this siuation, especially if the pasture contains the taller growing species such as Ladino clover with orchard1 grass or fescue. It can readily-’ be seen then, that through clip ping pastures the carrying ca pacity of the farm is increased. Regardless of the amount and quality of hay received from pastures, the removal of weeds which afford competition to pas ture grasses and the increase in feed value and palatability which reS'UlHs from; clipping, makes it a profitable thing to do. For quick results use the Post Classified ads.
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