ADVERTISE in The Skyland
Post, the only newspaper that
is printed in Ashe county, and
the newspaper with by far the
best subscription list of any
circulated in the county
r OLUME VI, NUMBER 6
“BONUS OFFICE”
OPENED IN ASHE
BY LEGION POST
Veterans May Obtain Free And
Accurate Advice In Properly
Filing “Bonus'* Application
L. P. Colvard, Commander of
Ashe County Post No. 171, Ameri
can Legion, of this city, today an
nounced that arrangements had
been made made to establish and
open up what may be known as the
local Legion’s “Bonus Office” where
some Post Official of the American
Legion will be on hand to assist all
World War veterans of this com
munity in properly filling out their
Applications for balance due such
veterans on their adjusted service
certificates, under the law recently
enacted into law by Congress over
Presidential veto.
“An adequate supply of such
.application blanks have now been
from the Veterans Admin
istration in Charlotte and also from
State Headquarters of the Ameri
can Legion which securied and dis
tributed 30,000 applications blanks
to the Legion Posts of this state, in
order to enable the Legion Posts to
serve Legionnaires and veterans of
N. C. and help them fill in and file
these applications properly, “stated
Commander Colvard.
•“The ‘Bonus Office’ will be locat
ed in Central Radio Co. building,
West Jefferson, and at the Register
of Deeds office in Jefferson, and one
or more local Legion Post Officials
will be on duty there from 9:30 a.
m. to 4:30 p. m., each day, until the
rush for such applications is over,
and we assure all veterans that it
will be a pleasure to assist them in
every possible way in properly fil
ing their application and in giving
them all necessary information
with reference to the provisions of
this legislation, which was sponsor
ed by and so strongly supported by
the American Legion.”
This service is free to all veterans
whether members of the local Le-
Post or not, those who wish
’’'help, in making these applications
■will please bring with them their
discharge from the service and
their Adjusted Compensation Certi
ficate, and if they have borrowed on
their certificate it will be necessary
for them to bring the pink slip
which was sent them by the Veter
ans Administration at the time the
loan was made. It is very important
that these things be brought, as it
is impossible to fill out applications
without them.
Commander Colvard said: “It is
the desire of the officers and mem
bers of our post to have all veterans
become members of the local post.
As an organization, we can help
each other in the future to better
advantage in all matters which will
benefit the ex-service man.”
N. J. Governor May
Produce New Figure
In Kidnapping Case
Sources close to Governor Harold
Hoffman, of New Jersey, report
that he intends to disclose to State
this week the identity of
**“the man with the hankerchief,” a
suspect in the Lindbergh kidnap
murder.
“The man with the handkerchief”
was seen by Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh outside St. Raymond’s ceme
tery the night of the $50,000 ran
som payment. Lindbergh sat wait
ing in his car, while Dr. John F.
(Jafsie) Condon, the intermediary,
searched the vicinity for “John” to
make the payment.
Starts Own Probe
Despite the fact that the State
successfully prosecuted Bruno R.
Hauptmann as the sole perpetrator
of the crime, the possibility that
there were accomplices induced the
Governor to stay his execution,con
duct a private inquiry and finally
order Col. H. Norman Schwarztopf,
superintendent of State police, to
clear up unsolved angles of the
case. ,
Lindbergh observed the man,now
allegedly identified by the Gover-
investigators, approaching
■ along the fence of the cemetery. As
he passed, Lindbergh said, he seem
ed to hold his hankerchief before
his face, either as a disguise or a
signal
MuW lost
SI.OO A Year In Ashe County
. KING EDWARD VIII
** JgjWg HB
On the death of his father, King
George V, the prince of Wales auto
matically succeeded to the throne of
Great Britain and was proclaimed
King Edward VIII.
Hoey’s Speech To Be
Broadcast Tonight
Clyde R. Hoey’s op ening
campaign speech will be deliv
ered over the radio from WBT,
Charlotte, Thursday night, Feb.
6, from eight p. m. to nine p. m.
Those in the county who
want to hear the candidate for
the nomination for Governor on
the Democratic ticket may do so
by turning on their radios or
visiting their friends who own
radios.
Fleetwood Defeats
Lansing High 33-11
The Fleetwood boys’ basketball
team defeated the strong Lansing
team on the Lansing court Saturday
night by the score of 33 to 11. The
game was featured by the close
guarding of the Fleetwood team.
Mast was the high scorer for for
winners, scoring 20 points.
The line-up: Fleet wood —Burchett
5, Gentry 6, Mast .20, Baker 2,
Woodruff; Lansing—Clark 5, Rack
ley 1, Yearick 3, Davis, Holcomb.
Referee: Johnson, Appalachian.
The Fleetwood boys will play
Boone High School at Fleetwood on
Friday night February 7, at 7:30.
Jefferson Wins Over
North Wilkesboro
•
The Jefferson High School boys
defeated North Wilkesboro High
School boys on North Wilkesboro’s
court Friday night, Jan. 31st, by a
score of 21 to 38. The Jefferson
team took an early lead and at half
time were leading 19 to 7. Earl
Lewis won high score for Jefferson
with 12 points, followed by R. H.
Mullis, Herbert Caudill, and Roland
Koontz with 6 points each. Bud
Johnson and Fred Rash were out
standing on defensive play for Jeff
erson. Crawford, of the North
Wilkesboro team, was the outstand
ing player of the game, scoring 19
points.
Funeral For Little
Son Os Mr. And
Mrs. Gilbert Hall
Funeral services will be held to
day at Roans Creek for the little
son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Hall,
of McAllister, Okla., who died in
that city Monday. Mr. and Mrs.
Hall, parents of the child, and an
uncle, John Johnson, will accom
pany the body here.
The deceased, Louis Richard, was
an only child.
School Masters Club
Will Meet Tonight
The School Masters Club will
hold its regular meeting in the office
of the County Board of Education,
in Jefferson, Thursday night, Feb. 6.
County Superintendent J. Ivan
Miller urges a full attendance as
many matters of much importance
will be taken up.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1936, WEST JEFFERSON, N. C.
W. Jefferson Team
Wins Three Games
During Past Week
The W. J. H. S. basketball team
won three games during the past
week from three of the strongest
opponents in the county. The first, a
fast, hard-fought game was won
from Lansing by a score of 34-30.
Kenneth Poe, a flash W. J. forward,
was the outstanding player of the
game. The second game was won
from Grassy Creek by a score of
(19-15. The home town boys had a
hard time finding the basket, due
to cold weather which was several
degrees below zero. Marion Oliver
of W. J., was the outstanding play
er in the game.
The third game, played at W. J.,
was won easily from Nathans
Creek, 46-12, Substitutes for West
Jefferson played some outstanding
ball. Jimmy Allen, John Weaver,
Archie Tripplett, and Fred Rich
ardson, four boys who hadn’t play
ed much before furnished some ex
citement during the game.
By winning these three games the
W. J. boys have a fine chance to win
the conference title.
MISS PARIS, 1936
Mft
Mlle. Madelaine Balestre Is hen
flashing her beautiful smile imniedi
ately after she was declared “Miss
Paris of IU.‘U;“ during a beauty contest
at the Moulin lloesre. Paris.
Farmers Conference
To Be In High Point
Farmers Will Be Eligible To Enter
Musical Contests To Be Held
“Farm Shindig” Night
The program of the state-wide
farmers’ conference and seed expo
sition to be held in High Point,
February 12 and 13, has been plan
ned to be both educational and en
tertaining.
National authorities will speak on
the present agricultural situation,
educational exhibits will be dis
played, competitive exhibits of va
rious seeds will be held along with
seed judging and crop identifica
tion contests.
All these things will be interest
ing as well as informative, said W.
H. Darst, professor of agronomy at
State College and director in charge
of the conference and exposition.
There will also be a special en
tertainment on Wednesday night
known as the “Farm Shindig,” he
pointed out. Prizes will be awarded
the best old time fiddler, the best
individual entertainer, the best
group entertainers, the best family
singers, and for the best singing
game of four or more couples.
Nationally known speakers on
Thursday’s program include: Dr. C.
A. Cobb, director of the AAA cot
ton division; Dr. C. C. Taylor, assis
tant chief of the Land Utilization
Administration; Dr. Morris L.
Cooke, chief of the Rural Electrifi
cation Administration; and Dr. H.
H. Bennett, chief of the Soil Con
servation Service.
Wednesday’s program will in
clude addresses by: W. H. Darst;
Dr. G. K. Middleton, seed specialist
at State College; and L. G. Willis,
soil chemist with the N. C. Agri
cultural Experiment Station.
Special emphasis is being laid on
the seed judging and crop identifi
cation contests, Darst said, as they
are designed to train adult farmers
and young people in the develop
ment of better crops.
The Central Radio Company has
moved to the old offices of the
FERA near the theatre building. E.
D. Barr, manager of the company,
expects to arrange to give the pub
lic even better service in his new
quarters.
Nothing Doing at Italian Border
nw& in
IrTT 7 . ■'
r '~ ~ "
v f
The result of the sanctions against Italy has been that practically all
traffic over the borders' has been suspended. This photograph shows the
closed cates of the Italian-Swiss border at Chiasso, where once there was heavy
traffic in goods.
Ashe To Be Well
Represented At
Lincoln Dinner
L. J. Dickenson, Os lowa, Will Be
Fresent To Address State-
Wide Gathering
Ashe county Republicans expect
to have a good representation at
the annual Lincoln Day dinner
which will be held at the King Cot
ton Hotel in Greensboro on Feb. 12.
The dinner will be the occasion
of a state-wide rally and Senator L.
J. Dickenson, of lowa, will deliver
the chief address of the evening.
Senator Dickenson is considered
one of the outstanding Republicans
in the United States Senate and
state headquarters fdel fortunate in
having been able to present him at
this time.
A number of women will accom
pany. the men from this county and
they have been invited to attend
various teas and other, social events
as well as to be special guests at
the meeting of chairmen of the
county executive committees. U. S.
G. Bauguess, Jefferson attorney,
will represent Ashe Republicans at
the meeting of county chairmen.
Those who expect to attend from
this and surrounding sections are
U. S. G. Bauguess and Ruth Bau
guess, of Helton; Mr. and Mrs. Carl
B. Graybeal, Mrs. Goyd Richardson,
of West Jefferson; C. E. Welch,
Victor Clark, R. E. Farmer, W. A.
Weaver, Wade Poe, Bernard Jones,
Walter Weaver, and Walter Young,
of Lansing; W. J. Robinson, of
Creston.
Seventeen Teachers
Working In County
OnERE Payroll
Mrs. Alice Baker, Ashe Supervisor,
Says No More Will Be Added
To List At This Time
Seventeen teachers are now at
work in Ashe doing Adult Teaching
which is a continuation of the old
Emergency Relief Education pro
gram. Mrs. Alice Baker, who is
county supervisor of the work,
states that although nineteen teach
ers have been approved for Ashe
county, no more names will be add
ed to the list until further instruc
tions are received from Raleigh.
Teachers now working on the
Adult Teaching Project are:
Andy Black, West Jefferson;
George Holeman, Todd; Mrs. Mar
garet Ray, Treetop; Mrs. Cecil Den
ney, West Jefferson; Mrs. Ethel B.
Johnson, Creston; Mrs. Mary Pierce,
Crumpler; Mrs. Clara Neaves,
Crumpler; Mrs. Rosie C. Dixon,
Silas Creek; Mrs. Grace S. Davis,
Nathans Creek; Miss Maude Grubb,
Nathans Creek.
Miss Mary Jordan, Fleetwood;
Mrs. Lucy P. Bell, Crumpler; Mrs.
Susie •P. Paisley, Grassy Creek;
Mrs. Maude Pierce, Crumpler; Mrs.
Blanche S. Owens, Warrensville;
Miss Helen Colvard, Jefferson;
Miss Helen McEwen, Creston.
$1.25 A Year Out Os County
LATE NEWS
BULLETINS
Would Tax Childless
And Unmarried
Prof. Frank G. Dickinson, soci
ologist of the University of Illi
nois, recommends that levies be
imposed on all unmarried persons
and childless couples to supply
funds required for old-age pen
sions in the United States.
Vice Ring Uncovered
In New York City
Striking at what they .called,
the heart of a $12,000,000 a year
vice ring, police in New York
City have arraigned 100 women
and ten men seized in a series of
Saturday night raids.
77 women and seven of the
men were held in SIO,OOO bail each
as material witnesses. None of
those held was able to provide
bail, and all were remanded to
jail.
The raids, which constituted
the greatest anti-vice offensive
there in year, were carried out by
164 plainsclothesmen operating
under sealed orders.
Investigators said the houses
visited formed the nucleus of a
chain of at least 200, employing
between one and two thousand
women whose average weekly
earnings were $250 each.
Dewey, police chief, was credit
ed by his assistants with being
more interested in the way the
girls were exploited by their
“managers” than in the vice traf
fic as such.
His aides, who have been gath
ering evidence for five months,
said the women received only
from S3O to SSO a week for them
selves.
Commissioners And
Board of Education
Spend Quiet Day
The Ashe County Board of Com
missioners and the Ashe County
Board of Education held regular
sessions in their respective offices in
Jefferson on Monday. Only routine
affairs were taken up.
Sheriff H. M. Miller reported that
the tax collections in January were
excellent and Auditor Jones Bar
ker reported that rapid payment
was being made in his office on
back taxes.
Dates To Register For
Scenic Highway Work
R. L. Wooten, of North Wilkes
boro, has announced the following
dates and places when J. B. Hash
will register all those who are eligi
ble for work on the scenic highway:
Laurel Springs, Feb. 12 and 26
Glendale Springs, Feb. 13 and 27
Idlewild, Feb. 14 and 28
Registration will go on between
the hours of nine and one each day.
SUBSCRIBE to The Skylamt
Post, the only newspaper that
is printed in Ashe county, and
the newspaper that is by far
the most popular and widely
read of any circulated in Ashe
PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY
Belated Red Cross
Drive To Be Held
In County 17 To 29
Chapter Is Promised A Resident
Red Cross Nurse If 1935
Roll Call Is Held
Plans were begun last week to *
hold a belated 1935 Red Cross roll
call in the county. It has been learn
ed that the national Red Cross will
locate a resident Red Cross nurse
here for the especial benefit of the
school children if the county holds
the necessary and usual roll call.
For this reason, parents and teach
ers are anxious to have such a drive
and dates have been set for the be
ginning on Monday, February 17.
The closing date will be Saturday,
February 29.
Katherine Duncan, of West Jeff
erson, has accepted the general
chairmanship of the drive and help
ing chairman and committee mem
bers will be appointed in various
parts of the county. Mrs. Rufus Col
vard, the chairman for 1934, was
most successful with the work but,
due to illness in her family, the
1935 drive was neglected.
Campbell And
Beldsoe Appointed
Ashe Enumerators
Bureau Os Census Announces That
Work Will Begin At
Early Date
Col. G. F. McAlister, Supervisor
of the Census of Business, today an
nounced that the two enumerators
have been appointed to present the
Census forms to business houses
and help them fill out the necessary
information. They are, Messrs. Geo.
M. Campbell of West Jefferson, and
J. R. Bledsoe, of Wagoner.
< hisVffice stair named
to date include, M* Chas. F. Reis
ner, Jr., Assistant Supervisor, of
Salisbury, Mrs. Opal Clayton, Sec
retary, of Kannapolis, and Mr.
Whitehead Miller, Clerk, of Spen
cer, N. C.
Mr. McAllister stressed the fact
that information given enumerators
will be held in strict confidence. All
enumerators and other persons con
nected with the Census work are
under a drastic Census Oath not to
disclose or discuss any information
submitted for Census purposes. The
Census Oath nor to disclose or dis
cuss any information submitted for
Census purposes. The Census is the
oldest bureau of the Government,
established nearly 150 years ago,
and never has it been convicted of
a violation of confidence.
He asked all business concerns to
cooperate with the enumerators
who call upon them for business
census data.
Describing the value of the Cen
sus, Mr. McAllister said that from
the results, banks and financial
agencies are enable to extend com
mercial credit more freely because
of more accurate knowledge of
what constitutes sound operating
expenses and stock ratios; newspa
pers are enabled to establish the
consumer market in their circula
tion fields; wholesalers are able to
make a better appraisal of their im
mediate and potential trade terri
tories and thus avoid unproductive
expense; advertising agencies can
determine comprehensive and accu
rate markets for various products;
retailers are supplied with needed
data on their competitive situation, .
not only in their particular field but
also regarding the extent of other
kinds of competitive business. Real
estate values, proper rentals and
the basis for percentage leases are
frequently determined for business
census date, which have great
weight, because they are strictly
factual statements without preju
dice.
As fast as reports are received
they are sent to Philadelphia by
registered mail, where Ihoy are
carefully guarded. Five to eight
tabulating cards are punched to
record the information on each re,
port, and no names or addresses
appear on these cards. The cards
are tabulated with other cards to
produce the figures which are pub
lished and become the recognized
basic statistics of business,