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Two voices are there: one is of the sea,
One of the mountains; each a mighty voice.
—WORDSWORTH.
Here shall the press the people’s right maintain,
Unawed by influence, and unbribed by gain;
Here patriot truth her glorious precepts draw,
Pledged a religion, liberty, and law.
—JOSEPH STORY.
ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER ON OCTOBER 1, 1925 AT
THE POST OFFICE AT WEST JEFFERSON, NORTH CAROLINA
Cards of Thanks, Resolutions of Respect, Obituaries, etc.,
are charged for at The Post’s regular advertising rates.
EGYPT MAY PROVE
DANGEROUS SPOT
At the very outbreak of the
Italo-Ethiopian war, England
showed signs of deep interest
which were interpreted by
many as being more personal
than she would have expressed
had she not been vitally inter
ested in Africa herself. While
Egypt is not directly under
English rule, having been de
clared a soverign state soon aft
er the World War, she is, ac
cording to many reservations
imposed at that time, indirectly
under England. Egyptians chafe
at these restrictions and Eng
land has reason to fear that
war under the very noses of the
Egyptians will incite them to
uprisings. In fact, during the
past two weeks, anti-British
riots have taken place in Egypt.
If England were called upon
to get into a quarrel with Egypt
at this most inopportune time,
and the bad feeling that has
come up over the Italian con
quest of Ethiopia should burst
into tangible form, the outcome
could hardly be less that anoth
er bigger and more bitter
World War.
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FARMERS HAVE MORE
MONEY AND LANDS
GO UP
As the farmer, who has been
the goat of the depression for
the past fours years, sees a loos
ening up of money matters,
farm lands are reported to be
going up. Os course they have
not reached their 1929 peak—
they may never do that since
farming is hard work and the
majority of our people had
rather do on less than work too
hard, and those who are not go
ing to work at all can still re
sort to stealing.
But it is gratifying to learn
that the receipts in 1934 from
the sale of farm products in
North Carolina, including rent
al and benfit payments, were
nearly two and a half times the
amount received in 1932. And
the mortgage situation has been
greatly eased by legislation un
til the farmer has been able to
save many a home he might
otherwise have lost.
The gross income of the farm
er is still low but the depression
has taught him to do the great
er part of his work himself,
which has lowered the operat
ing cost of the farm and money
formerly paid out to farm
hands can be used for personal
purposes.
When the farmer begins to
feel prosperity, business in gen
eral begins to pick up and the
value of property begins to rise.
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An American contract for ap
proximately two thousand tons
of bridge steel has been handed
to a German steel company, and
with steel workers far from be
ing taxed their strength
in the States, nothing, it
appears, can be done about it.
There ought to be enough Euro
pean steel in America already
to last us a long time. We im
ported a large quantity of it
seventeen years ago. It came
over in the bodies of American
soldiers, living and dead.
NANCY RUTH REEVES, Editor
In connection with the find
ing of the corpse of a woman
floating in the Potomac, the
Washington papers record that
she left eighty cents and two
children. Like Shakespeare’s
Hamlet, she found it hard to
sweat and grunt under a weary
life. Yet by taking herself off,
she robbed her children of what
should have been - their most
precious possession.
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Mankind may be moving on
ward and upward but it has not
yet reached the high moral
plane in which the Lost and
Found column advertises as
many founds as it does losts.
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TREASURER’S REPORT
IS ENCOURAGING
Counties, cites and town in
North Carolina are slowly mov
ing out of the swamp of default
and delinquency, the reports
coming from the office of State
Treasurer Charles M. Johnson
show. Fifty-eight counties were
in default June 30, 1934. The
number has dropped to 46.
Os the 12 counties removed
from what used to be classed as
a dishonorable list five of them
were able to pay up their back
accounts and seven remaining
had their days of grace extend
ed by refunding plans. The rec
ord for the cities and towns
shows more coming off the de
faulting list but not as much
money being repaid. Against a
total repayment of defaulted
items of $1,114,466 for the coun
ties, the municipalities showed
a retirement of $308,327 in de
faulted principal and an actual
increase in defaulted interest
with a net retirement of delin
quent items of only $185,24.
Progress out of this slough is
slow but the fact that it is being
made at all is cause for gratifi
cation. Boom years found local
governments spending with lit
tle reckoning. The depression
caught them not only with
greatly depleted current treas
uries but with big debts and
many dried tax sources. For a
season their ability to meet the
public debt seemed paralyzed.
But now the governments
seem to be on firmer footing.
The state treasurer’s report
would indicate that all current
expenses are being met in some
instances together with present
debf'retirements, and that there
is a surplus to apply on the de
linquent account. That more
time is being asked in some
cases is not surprising nor
should it be alarming.
—GREENSBORO NEWS..
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THE ORIGINS OF WAR
Hon. Newton D. Baker, who
was on the scene at the time in
a high political post with the
American government, takes
exception to what a number of
Armistice Day orators had to
say as to the origin of the
World War having taken its
root in sheer economic selfish
ness.
So far as the United States is
concerned, Mr. Baker holds the
antithesis of such a motive to
have ruled—he believes that
America went in solely under
the coercive power of a great
THE SKYLAND POST, WEST JEFFERSON, N. C.
HEADS GERMAN ARMY
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Germany’s reconstructed army is
now headed by Gen. Ludwig Beck
shown above. As chief of the general
staff he Is put In a class with Moltke
Schlieffen and Von Hindenburg.
altruistic ideal.
Os course, difference of opin
ion as to this point will con
tinue.
Even the long-away history
books will probably be unable
to offer dogmatic views as to
this point.
. What America should contin
uingly hold in mind, in the
meantime, is not the reason
why, but the appalling numbers
of those who did and died in a
war that only has set the
wheels of civilization back and
not forward, and which has left
its unholy trail to begrime the
footsteps of succeeding genera
tions.
That’s the point eternally to
be emphasized—what that war
cost and what all wars cost in
man-power, in monetary treas
ure and in terms of a flood of
long-extending dissipations and
immoralities, social as well as
economic degeneracies.
Dr. Clarence Poe in The Pro
gressive Farmers recently sum
marized some of these costs
which have had to be borne and
from the miseries of which the
world will be long limping
away.
The United States, which got
off more lightly in cost than did
the other great powers, mobi
lized 4,355,000 men and suffered
a loss of 360,000 in dead and
wounded. In other words, a
number of men equal to the
population of a city the size of
Houston was killed or incapaci
tated.
Germany mobilized 13,000,000
and had 6,111,862 dead and
wounded; France mobilized 8,-
410,000 and had 5,625,000 dead
and wounded; Great Britain
mobilized 6,600,000 and had
3,000,000 dead and wounded;
Italy mobilized 5,615,000 and
had 1,597,000 dead and wound
ed; Russia mobilized 12,000,000
and had 1,700,000 dead and
wounded; Austria-Hungary mo
bilized 7,800,000 and lost 1,200,-
000 in dead and wounded.
The total of men from these
seven nations killed, maimed,
Egassed and permanently inva
lided amounted to more than
17,000,000. Losses of other na
tions ran the total up to nearly
20,000,000.
The cost of the war in money,
Dr. Poe estimates, was $400,000-
000,000.
—CHARLOTTE OBSERVER.
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DEPRESSION COSTS
BUSINESS $26,000,000,000
The United States government
has computed the depression’s cost
to business at the staggering sum of
$26,631,000,000. .
According to the Department of
Commerce, this amount has been
taken out of savings to make up the
difference between expenses and.
the value of goods and services pro
duced.
It noted that a marked improve
ment in 1934 failed to prevent loss,
although last year’s production of
goods and services was valued at
$48,561,000,000, a gain of $6,672,000,-
000 over 1933.
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GIRL WHO KILLED
FATHER EXPECTS TO
BE ACQUITTED
Virginia Girl Hits Father In Head
With Shoe During Quarrel
Last Summer
Edith Maxwell, 21-year-old school
teacher, of Wise, Va., charged with
killing her father with a shoe when
threatened with a spanking for
keeping late hours, says she ex
pect* a Jury this wek to acquit her
murder charges.
The unemotional reticence main
tained for months faded away in
recent weeks as she read in her cell
in the Wise county jail letters from
lawyers who would defend her,
from ministers and from many oth
ers, urging her to be brave, to talk
frankly and not to fear her trial,
which opened Monday.
Confesses Slaying
The domestic tragedy was
brought into the national spotlight
when Common wealth’s Attorney
Fred B. Grqear announced July 21
that Miss Maxwell had confessed
that she killed her 52-year-old
father, Trigg Maxwell, by striking
him over the head with the heel
of her shoe when he scolded her
and threatened the spanking be
cause she kept late hours. This was
two days after Trigg Maxwell was
found dead.
Nowhere has interest rivaled that
in Wise county, and the famous
“Pound”section to the north. Miss
Maxwell is related to families long
prominent in the politics of the
county, and her uncle, W. W. Dot
son, three times prosecuting attor
ney of the county, will defend her,
with two associates.
College Graduate
Miss Maxwell, a graduate of the
Teachers college at East Radford,
Va., has been in jail here since her
arrest July 21, under care of her
uncle, Jailer Jim Dotson. Her moth
er, Mrs. Anne Maxwell, indicted
with her, was admitted to bond a
few days after the slaying.
Miss Maxwell was permitted to
go to the home of a sister while her
father’s body was awaiting burial.
She showed no emotion, even when
Sheriff J. P. Adams thought it ad
visable to return her hurriedly to
jail from Pound, where she had
gone to attend the funeral.
She seemed uninterested, oblivi
ous to the spotlight of national at
tention beating on her. For months
her stoicism was maintained, but in
recent weeks she has grown more
cheerful, has discussed the encour
aging letters and has expressed
confidence that a “fair trial” will
set her free.
EIGHT CHILDREN BURNED
TO DEATH IN ONE FAMILY
All of the eight children of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Hubqrt Cunningham
were Burned to death early Wed
nesday morning when their resi
dence, a two-story frame structure,
near Alexis, in Gaston county, was
destroyed by fire. Mr. and Mrs.
Cunningham escaped with their
lives, but the husband and father
was injured in desperate efforts to
rescue the childen trapped in the
building.
The children ranged in ages from
one to 19 years, the oldest being a
boy, Robert Cunningham.
The house was discovered envel
oped in flames about 1:15 a. m. and
quickly burned down, leaving only
debris and two brick chimneys left.
The bodies of the children were
burned beyond recognition.
WANT ADS
Twenty-Five Cents Charged-
For Each Want Ad
WANTED—IOOO bushels of No. 1
potatoes at 70 cents per bushel,
and turkeys at 20c per lb. I. M.
Cook, West Jefferson, N. C.
COMPLETE COURSE in Beauty
Culture for only $50.00. State ap
proved. Employment aid. Mae’s
School of Beauty Culture, North
Wilkesboro, N. C. 12-12
BEAUTY CULTURE—A complete
course, competent instructors.
You may learn in a short time.
School approved, and accredited,
rates very reasonable. Write or
visit Hinshaw School of Beauty
Culture, Box 56, North Wilkesboro,
North Carolina.
Salesmen Wanted
MAN WANTED for Rawleigh
Route of 800 families. Good
profits for hustler. We train and
help you. Write today. Rawleigh
Co., Dept. NCK-249-SA2, Richmond,
Virginia.
See the beautiful living room
suite we are giving away. Come
in and. get full details of this
great sale that will last until
December 24th.
RHODES FURN. CO.
LOST—One wire-haired terrier
male dog. Color white with one
brown ear and brown ring around
eye on opposite side from brown
ear. Short tail. Strayed or stolen
about a month ago from home of
Mrs. B. C. Sharpe, Glendale
Springs. $5.00 reward for return to
Skyland Post. Dog answers to name
of “Pal.”
FARM FOR SALE—4O acres %
mile north Warrensville, N. C.
Land in fine state of cultivation,
well watered, plenty wood, and
pasture, 4 acres bottom land, good
barn, and all necessary out buil
dings, 8 room bungalow, sleeping
Thanksgiving Specials
For The Ladies And Children
Coats, wool and silk dresses, oxfords, pumps, sweaters,
hats, gloves, galoshes, silk, wool and cotton piece goods,
pocketbooks, fitted cases and dresser sets.
For The Men And Boys
Suits, top coats, leather and wool jackets and sweaters,
boots, shoes, oxfords, shirts ties, gloves and underwear.
All At Money-Saving Prices
SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
and
continuing until sold, to make room for Christmas goods.
Be&t grade 28-inch outing, per yd B%c
L L sheeting, per yd B%c
Heavy cotton plaid blankets, each 79c
Heavy, part-wool blankets, pr $2.25
Lillie’s 450-yard spool thread, 3 for— 25c
Putnam’s faddless dyes, 3 for .■ 27c
15 to 17c prints, per yd 12%c
McNeills Store
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C.
NOVEMBER 21, 1935
WANTED—Locust fence posts for
prompt delivery. See me for
prices and specifications. J. H.
Myers, West Jefferson, N. C. 11-2lp
EDWARDS will leave W. Jefferson
Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 7 a. mi
for Bel Air, Md. Reduced rates.
For information or reservation see
Carl Miller, West Jefferson, N. C.
or W. B. Edwards, Darlington, Md.
porch, electric lights, running wa
ter, sewer, bat. At a bargain. See
Jack Rhodes at Rhodes Fum. Co.
FOR SALE—2SO acre grazing farm,
with buildings, well fenced plen
ty of water, six miles from West
Jefferson in Pine Swamp Township
and near Oval post office. This land
is known as the Waddell farm. For
price and terms write H. F. Coin,
Field Representative, Atlantic Joint
Stock Land Bank, Box 786, Ashe
ville, N. C. 11-28-pd.
LOST— A. black Shaffer fountain
pen with small gold band, be
tween the post office and Colvards
Service Station. Reward offered.
Mrs. J. B. Hensley, West Jefferson,
N. C. 11-21-pd.
FOR SALE—Second-handed Home
Comfort Range. Stove in good
condition. See Mrs. Clemie Beshears,
West Jefferson, N. C. pd.
FOR SALE
USED PIANOS—S3S.OO and up.
Used ranged, excellent condition,
priced cheap. Good phonographs,.
SIO.OO and up. Round dining table,
$3.50 and up. Oak china, oval glass,
SIO.OO. Iron beds and springs, $5.00.
Used circulating heater, A No. 1
condition, 5 room capacity, $22.50.
Used coal heaters, $4.50 and up.
RHODES FURN. CO
West Jefferson, N. C.
COMBINATION MATTRESS, beau
tiful art ticking at $5.50. Rhodes
Fum. Co., West Jefferson, N. C.
APPLES FOR SALE at Rhodes
Furniture Co. W. Jefferson, N. C.
WANTED to buy 6 H. P. gasoline
engine. Rhodes Furniture Co.,
West Jefferson, N. C.