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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 .paper circulated in the county VOLUME VI, NUMBER 8 All High Schools Except Three Are Closed In County Buses Unable To Make Usual Trips; Superintendent Expects All To Open Monday All high schools in the county, with the exception of Nathans Creek, Elkland,and Healing Springs have been closed during the past week because of the extreme cold and the condition of the roads which makes it impossible for some of the buses to travel. Superintendent Miller regrets that the school will be delayed in letting out for summer vacations as it may work a hardship on many who plan to attend summer schools, but the situation that has develop ed has been impossible to avoid. All schools are expected to re sume their usual work next Mon- 3 ay - t Highway Officials Estimate $3,000,000 Needed For Repairs Charles Ross Thinks That Amount Needed Will Represent One Percent Os Investment Charles Ross, general counsel for the highway and public works com mission, said that even if the weather damage to the highway system this winter is $3,000,000 it represents only 1 per cent of North Carolina’s investment in highways. “We have had probably the most destructive weather conditions from a road point of view that we have had in 30 years,” Ross said, “but it seems to me no occasion for alarm.” “Our maintenance budget is on the basis of ordinary or average weather conditions,” he continued. “This is an abnormal condition and the abnormal damage is not pecul iar to the highways. The damage to jiall classes of exposed properties is "perhaps as relatively great as high way damage. “If the highway system, repre senting an investment of more than $300,000,000, completely exposed to the elements and bearing up a traf fic more destructive by reason of its weakened condition, can be restor ed to anything like normal for 1 per cent of its cost I think we are lucky.” Zeb Gambill Elected Treasurer Os County Dem. Executive Com. Contributions From Those Who Are In Sympathy With Party > Are Welcomed The Skyland Post is in receipt of the following letter: Editor of the Skyland Post:—Since a number of people in recent weeks have made inquiry of me as to the proper person through whom to make contributions to the Demo cratic Party in the County, and since the County Democratic Exec utive Committee has not heretofore had any duly designated Treasurer, at a recent meeting of the said Committee, Mr. Zeb. V. Gambill, the Secretary of the Committee, wag duly elected as Treasurer also. Therefore, any person desiring to make a contribution to the Party for campaign purposes will please make said contribution to Mr. Gam bill as Treasurer so that proper credit may be given and proper rec ords of such contributions may be kept. The County Democratic Or ganization welcomes any contribu tions from any person in sympathy with the aims and purposes of the Democratic Party and will appreci ate it if all persons having any money they desire used for that purpose will place same in the hands of the duly designated Treas urer of the Committee. IRA T. JOHNSTON, Chairman, Ashe County Democratic Executive Committee. The island of Barbadoes in the West Indies has no jungles, no for ests, no mountains, no rivers, no lakes but is the most densly popu- She' Mita IJo st SI.OO A Year In Ashe County Would Check Foreign Importations F to Wil f &i'" — wEw• *'•-* *, - Representative Jennings Randolph of West Virginia, who will shortly open a drive against the importa tion of foreign-made goods in the PERENNIAL FLAPPER iMfg J Fannie Ward, the little lady who seems to have learned the secret of eternal youth, pictured on her arrival at New York from Europe on the liner Bremen. She was ac companied by her daughter and son-in-law, Lady and Lord Terence Conyngham Plunket. ONION KING WORKS S As Just a few years ago Clyde H. Melton of Devine, Texas, headed a $3,500,000.00 enterprise and was known as the “World’s Bermuda Onion King.” The depression came, bank failures wrecked the financial structure of business, and today he is fighting his way back to econom ic independence as a salesman of toys in a store in Pasadena, Calif. Gambill To Fill Vacancy Left By Elder Edd Davis Mr. Edd Davis who has been a member of the County Board of Education since April 1933, and Chairman of the Board, has resign ed as a member of the County Board of Education. Acting under Section 5416 of the North Carolina Code, the Ashe County Democratic Executive Committee met and unanimously elected Mr. Zeb V. Gambill as a member of the County Board of Education to fill the va cancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Davis. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1936, WEST JEFFERSON, N. C United States. Mr. Randolph’s drive is especially aimed at Japanese and Russian articles being sold in this country. LATE NEWS BULLETINS Accused Slayer Is Acquitted Kid Cann, former bootlegger and accused slayer of Walter Liggett Minneapolis newspaper publisher, was acquitted Tuesday of first degree murder after a tri al that lasted several weeks. Kid Cann, whose real name was Isadore Blumenfeld, was definite ly identified by the murdered * man’s wife as the killer. One oth er witness to the murder identi fied him. Cann’s defense was cen tered around an alibi that he was in a barber’s chair at the time and in no way near the crime. Supreme Court Upholds TVA The Roosevelt administration won the Tennessee Valley dispute in the Supreme Court Monday. An opinion by Chief Justice Hughes, from which Justice Mc- Reynolds alone dissented, held: The government may build dams for constitutional purposes. It may sell electricity generated by such dams. It may take steps to carry that electricity to a market. Constitutionality of the vast TVA project as a whole was not interpreted. The court limited its ruling to the above-mentioned issues. New Dealers hailed the deci sion. Citizens of Florence, Ala., danced in the streets. Power in terests declined immediate com ment. Stock market traders guess ed wrong, with utility prices dropping after an initial rise in a 4,722,000-share day. Bank Deposits Now Largest In History The comptroller of the curren cy reported in Washington this week that national bank deposits of $24,947,733,000 at the close of 1935 were the largest in history. The total shown in condition statements of 5,392 active institu tions Ltst December 31 exceeded by 2.06 per cent the previous peak by $500,353,000. That was established December 31, 1928, when 7,635 active banks reported. Officials attributed the upturn primarily to heavy government spending. Prof. Martin To Be Speaker At Church In Jefferson Wed. Professor Joseph Mart.'n, Princi pal of Lansing High School, will be the visiting speaker at the midweek service of the Jefferson Methodist Church Wednesday night, Feb. 26. Dates Are Announced For Registration For Parkway Employment Employment Office For Ashe Open Every Day In Council, Office In Jefferson J. 8., Hash, district manager of the N. C. State Employment Ser vice, has announced that a repre sentative of the employment ser vice will be at the following places for the purpose of registering any persons who have not already reg istered and who are interested in securing employment on the Blue Ridge Parkway: Laurel Springs, Wednesday, Feb. 26th. Glendale Springs, Thursday, Feb. 27th. Idlewild, Friday, Feb. 28th. The hours for registering at each place will be from 9:30 a. m., until 12:30 p. m. Mr. Hash states that it will not be necessary to re-register if those de siring work have registered with the employment service within the past six months. The employment office, which has been open only on certain days of the week, is now open every day in the Major Councill law office at Jefferson. Number Os Farms In North Carolina Increase In Number Alleghany County Shows Increase In Ownership And Ashe Slight Decrease A recent issue of the University of North Carolina News Letter re veals some interesting information regarding farms and farm owner ship in North Carolina and in the various counties. The 1935 census of agriculture re- Veals many intresting facts about agricultural conditions and trends in North Carolina, especially in the field of farm tenure. In the first place, in line with the national trend, there has been a large increase in farms in the state. North Carolina now has about three hundred and one thousand farms, or twenty-one thousand more than five years ago. The increase has been principally in the western part of the state, frequently in the poor er agricultural areas, which indi cates a return to the land by urban unemployed to engage in subsitence farming. Probably the most interesting fact revealed by the 1935 census of agriculture is the large increase in the number of farms operated by full owners. From 1910 to 1930 the entire increase in farms in North Carolina was more than accounted for by the increase of tenants alone. From 1920 to 1930 North Carolina had a loss of 16,082 farms operated by full owners, and an increase of 20,156 farms operated by tenants. During the last five years the num ber of farms operated by full own ers has increased from 115,765 to 128,394, and farms operated by part owners have increased from 25,680 to 29,717. On the other hand, the farms operated by all tenants have increased from 17,615 to 142,158, and farms operated by cropper ten ants have actually declined from 69,091 to 66,393. The following table, based on the 1935 census, giving Ashe and neigh boring counties is of interest: First column, No. Farms; Second column, % Owners; Third column, % Part Owners; Fourth column, % Tenants. Alleghany 1,651 68 14 7 Wilkes 5,638 66 11 23 Watauga 2,614 64 18 18 Ashe 4,061 60 18 22 The following table is based on the years 1930-1935: First column, No. ’35 Owners; Second column, Part Owners; Third column, Increase in Owners. Wilkes 3,707 643 7.5 Alleghany 1,130 237 6.3 Watauga 1,685 465 3.4 Ashe 2,429 722 1.5 WOMAN’S CLUB TO MEET 28TH The Woman’s Club will hold its February meeting Friday, the 28th with Mrs. C. D. Neal entertaining. $1.25 A Year Out Os County CHIEF ROAD BUILDER ■. ■''' ’’ ’%> '• Col. Willard T. Chevalier, vice president of the McGraw Publish ing company, who was elected president of the American Road Builders’ association for the year beginning in May at the annual convention of society at Cleveland, Ohio. Colonel Chevalier will lead a cor-ordinated campaign of the American Road Builders to reduce motor vehicle deaths and accidents on our highways through an engi neering analysis of this problem. SNOW QUEEN ’’ ' - Miss Viola Smith of White Plains, N. Yt, is tjie versatile snow queen of Lasell college, Auburndale, Mass. She was chosen student head of winter sports and is shown trying out her snowshoes after a recent blizzard. January Auto Deaths Lower Than Usual Snow And Ice In January Were Dangerous But Drivers Used More Common Sense Sixty-one persons were killed by automobiles in North Carolina last month, the smallest motor fatality list for a like period since April 1934. The Division of Highway Safety reported there were 61 persons kill ed and 592 injured in 492 accidents in January, compared with 90 kill ed and 506 injured in January 1935. In December 115 were killed. Capt. Charles D. Farmer of the Highway patrol said he attributed a part of the decrease to “an act of God, all this bad weather we’ve been having.” He aded that what driving was done during most of January was more hazardous than usual and showed “people can drive carefully and safely if they will.” Governor Ehringhau said he was gratified at the drop in fatalities.He expressed the opinion part of the decrease might have been occasion ed by “making the people more safety conscious” through cam paigns, but he also said he thought it evidenced “better enforcement and observation of the laws.” There were 54 fatal accidents last month, and pedestrians were in volved in 26 of them. There were five children under 14 years of age killed playing in the streets. Only three fatal accidents were caused by intoxicated drivers, com pared with 13 in December. One deaf mute was driving a machine involved in a fatal accident. In only one fatal accident was a woman driver, involved, while out of-State cars were involved in four fatal and 49 non-fatal wrecks. The hour between 7 and 8 at night was the most dangerous in January, nine fatal and 52 non-fatal acci dents occurring in that period,while Mondays and Saturdays were the most dangerous days with nine fa tal accidents on those days. B SUtaCSIBft to The Skyland 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 President Asks For Cuts In Expense Os U. S. Government : All Government Agencies To Be Canvassed For Possible Reductions < I President Roosevelt asked Acting Budget Director Daniel Bell Tues day to study possible governmental expense cuts. It was said Mr. Roose velt expected to receive some re ports on the board study of possi ble savings in governmental expen ditures in about a week. The President disclosed that the study contemplated: 1. A reduction in appropriations or authorizations which would re duce the public debt. 2. A study of appropriations which would affect the budget sub mitted for next year. 3. The previously announced plan to cancel authorization for govern ment loans which will not be neces sary. No specific sums were mentioned pending a canvass of all goverment agencies. May Not Need New Taxes To Pay Bonus Senate Asked To Make Appropria tion; Tax Program For Farm Relief Is Delayed An appropriation of $1,846,000,000 to pay the soldiers bonus was asked in the Senate Friday—with word from an administration spokesman that it would not require new taxes. Senator Byrnes, Democrat South Carolina, introduced an amendment to the independent offices appropri ation bill to provide the funds for paying the bonus out of borrowed money. He issued a statement say ing it would not require additional taxes. A short w’ earlier, Represent ative Patmr Democrat of Texas, filed a petition in tne House design ed to put that chamber on record as to wheather the bonus should be paid in new money. House leaders claimed this move —as well as the companion infla tionary move to pay $3,000,000,000 of farm mortgages with new money —would be beaten. Twenty names were reported on the Patman peti tion when the House adjourned at nightfall. Nearly 200 additional sig natures would be required to force a vote on the question. Meanwhile, perfection of the ad ministration’s tax program for fi nancing the new farm plan was de layed at least until this week. Deputies And Local Police Arrest Post Office Robbers Helton Post Office And Roscoe Testerman’s Store Robbed Last Friday Night John Petty and Blane Blackbum were lodged in the county jail Sun day afternoon charged with rob bing the post office at Helton and Roscoe Testerman’s store which is in the same building as the post office. According to Mr. Testerman, only about four dollars was taken from the post office, but about sev enty-five dollars was taken from the store and about that much more damage was done in wrecking the store and its contents. The store looked as if a wind storm had struck it, according to those who were first on the scene. The robbers had deliberately tom up all they could not take with them. The boys were chased from, Sat urday morning until Sunday after noon before they were finally ap prehended. Blackbum is said to have gone to his home after the rob bery and been frightened away without taking time to put his shoes on and because of his bare-foot con dition he was more easily tracked. Those assisting the local deputy Frank Porter in arresting the boys were David Burkett, Walter String er, Otto Parsons, W. C. Baldwin, W. C. Thomas, Avery Ashley, Ves 1 Shumake, and C. P. McMillan. Rumors are abroad that the boys taken had a hand in the Bina and Tuckerdale post office robberies.
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