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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
SIXTH YEAR, NUMBER 28
Hoey 4 Wins Nomination
for of State by
Majority of Over 50000
Silver-Tongued
Orator Carries
66 of Counties
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Ashe County Gives Hoey Larger
Majority Than in the First
Democratic Primary
THAD EURE LEADS TICKET
Clyde R. Hoey, champion of the
present and-preceding state admin
istrations, Monday clung to a better
than 50,000 majority over Dr. Ralph
W. McDonald, critic of the adminis
tration, as late retunr Xere received
from Saturday’s r Democratic
primary for gc-rfhor.
Reports /1,739 of 1,858 pre
cincts gave the k 58-year-old Shelby
lawyer, brother-in-law of former
Gov. O. Max Gardner, 260,522 votes.
The same precincts showed for Mc
<Denald, 33-year-old political neo
phyte and bitter foe of the state
sales tax, 208,267 votes.
Ashe Turns Out Big Vote
Hoey led the county in the second
primary by around a thousand votes,
against an 800 majority received in
.the last primary. Thad Eure, running
for secretary of state, topped the
county ticket with an imposing lead,
lead over his opponent, Stacy Wade,
Eure also piled up a commanding
in the state.
Grady Trailing
Paul Grady, of £enly, speaker pro
tern of the senate, was trailing his
fellow senator, Wilkins P. Horton,
of Pittsboro, by around 8,000 votes
for lieutenant governor as 1,692 pre
cincts were recorded.
With 1,696 pfecincts tabulated, the
vote was: Eure 222,242; Wade
183,359.
Neither Hoey nor McDonald had
made a formal statement early in
the week, but the winner, surround
ed by his family and friends at his
Shelby home, admitted to a ques
tioner:
“Os course, I’m highly pleased.”
McDonald Gets 34 Counties
The incomplete returns showed
McDonald leading in 34 of the state’s
100 counties, all of them in the east
except his native county, Forsyth
and nearby Alleghany.
In the first primary, he ran only
about 4,000 votes behind Hoey, with
two other candidates in the race,
Lieut. Gov. A. H. Graham and John
A. Mcßae, Charlotte lawyer.
Hoey, hailed by his fellow towns
men as “governor” taught his Meth
odist Sunday school class at Shelby
as usual. In the last 15 years he has
missed this task only a few times,
and although he made 90 speeches
before the first primary, he was ab
sent from his class on only one
week end.
From all parts of the state con
gratulatory messages showered upon
him. So frequent were the telephone
calls that an extension telephone
was placed near the family table at
* luncheon and Hoey had to interrupt
his eating almost continuously to
converse with phohe-callers.
Hoey, picturesque figure with
flowing gray locks and invariably
dresed in cutaway coat with a red
boutonniere matching a red necktie,
served in Congress about 20 years
ago. He retired voluntarily dnd had
not again sought office until he an
nounced for the governorship a few
months ago. In every campaign,
however, he was an active worker
for the party.
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Forty Days of-
- Weather?
According to tradition, the next
forty days will bring wet weather.
The first day of the forty days that
are called Dog Days was cloudy and
rainy.
• Old-timers say that the rule never
fails—if it rains the first day of Dog
Days, it will rain for the remainder
of the time.
■ SlwlcnW Wst
$1.25 a Year Out of County
HON. CLYDE HOEY
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County Spends One
of Quietest Holidays
on Record Saturday
Celebration of Fourth and Day
of Voting Fail to Have
Predicted Effects
In spite of many dire predictions
that drunkeness and fighting would
probably be the order of the day in
many parts of the county on the
Fourth of July which was also the
date set for voting on who the
Democrats would run for Governor
of North Carolina, the day passed
with a record for quietness and good
behaviour.
There were accidents re
ported in the county and very few
minor ones.
Sheriff Miller states that he is
well pleased with the good conduct
throughout the entire county.
Electric Storm Does
Damage in Vicinity
One of the worst electric storms
had in this vicinity in years struck
the Jeffersons and-surrounding sec
tions about four o’clock Monday
morning. Much damage was done to
the roads through heavy washing,
and the house in' Jefferson belong
ing to Mr. and Mrs. V. V. McConnell
caught fire and burned to the
ground. /
The McConnell house x either
caught from being directly struck by
lightening or from the electricity
from the telephone system. No one
was in the house at the time but
nearby neighbors weer attracted to
the light and attempted to save some
of the. furniture. Only a few pieces
were saved. The house was well and
completely furnished, according to
report.
Telephone Co.
Is Overhauling
Local System
New Cables Being Installed and
New Phones Put inj'Other
Improvements
The Central Electric and Tele
phone Company, of Charlottsville,
which has merged with the South
east Public Utilities, is in the county
this week rebuilding the entire tele
phone system-which they expect to
result in better telephone service.
New posts are being put in, new
cables installed, and telephones that
are not giving satisfaction are being
replaced with new ones. Mrs. Wy
rick, local operator, states that much
satisfaction has already been ex
pressed by the public at the im
provements which have only begun.
Mr. George Kennedy, of North
Wilkesboro, and Mr. Beddingfield,
new group manager for the compa
ny, from Mt. Ahy, are in the city
supervising the york.
THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1936, WEST JEFFERSON, N. C.
Ashe County
Farm Briefs »
By C. J. RICH
‘' Farm Agent
Most farmers attempt to carry
their cattle through the winter on
too small amount of feed. Animals
should be kept in good state of flesh
throughout the winter. This cannot
be done on a limited amount of poor
quality hay or roughage.
For best results with beef animals
hay of good quality, preferably a
good legume hay, should be fed. This
hay should be supplemented with a
reasonable amount of grain.
For milk cows it is necessary to
have two to three tons of good silage
and two tons of good legume hay
per cow for the winter. This, of
course, should be supplemented with
a good grain mixture, analyzing 20
percent or more protein, fed accord
ing to the amount and quality of
milk the cow produces.
If the winter is approached with
too little good roughage the thing
that is usually done by the average
farmer, is to under feed his animals.
This results in stunted growth and
poor developement in the young
animals, and in a loss of flesh or a
lowering of production, or both in
the older animals. These losses are
hard to gain back in the spring and
may not be regained in the case of
the young animals. y lf it is gained
back on the older animals it is done
so at a loss of one to two months
time when turned on pasture in the
spring.
If you are confronted with a short
age of good roughage for the winter,
what are the young to do about it?
At least some earnest thought should
be given to the problem.
No farmer should be over stocked.
He should keep only the number of
head he can feed and feed well.
If you are going to attempt to
grow some emergency hay crops, no
time should be lost in getting it
seeded. Some farmers in the county
are considering soy beards and others
sudan grass as possible emergency
hay crops. If the first frost stays off
till early October, there is nearly
three months in which to get a con
siderable growth. The crop may not
be as mature as you would like
when you must cut it, but it will at
least make some feed. You may
know of some other crop that will
make a good growth from now till
frost. But you, evidently, do not
have any time to waste. If you need
the feed get something seeded. Don’t
start the winter with less than you
need to keep your animals in good
state of flesh.
Farmers are continuing to mani
fest interest in the Soil Conservation
Program, Attendance at the second '
series of meetings is holding up to
the pace set at the other meetings.
Requests have been received to
schedule meetings in other commun
ities. It is planned to schedule meet
ings to be held in these communities
as soon as the 'present series if
finished.
A meeting is being held in Boone
on Thursday, July 9th at 9:30 a. m.,
to discuss the compliance phase of
the soil conservation program. Coun
ty agents from Ashe, Alleghany,
Wilkes, Watauga, Caldwell, Avery,
Burke, Mitchell, Yancey and Mc-
Dowell are to attend this meeting.
R. P. Baker Sells
Store at Creston
Mr. R. P. Baker, of Creston, who
was a visitor in the city Monday, re
ports that he has recently sold his
general store to Mr. D. N. Pless,
World War veteran and former resi
dent of Creston.
Mr. Baker has been a successful
and accommodating merchant for
the past fourteen years, and his at
tractive daughter, Miss Eleanor, who
has clerked in the store much of the
time for the past two year years, has
been no less accommodating than
her father. It is understood that Miss
Baker expects to enter the junior
class at A. S. T. C., Boone, this fall,
and that Mr. Baker will devote his
full time to his farm.
Gen. Pershing at West Point Graduation x
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Gen. John J. Pershing presents an award to honor man Oliver Gar
field Haywood, Jr., at the graduation exercises held at the United States
Military academy at West Point.
FLAG CREATOR’S KIN
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John Rowan Reid of San Diego
is the grandson of Capt. Chester
Reid, famed American naval hero,
who suggested the pattern of the
American flag which congress ap
proved on April 3, 1818. Captain
Reid was named to a commission by
naval affairs committee of congress
to design a flag of “proper dimen
sions” when Old Glory had 15 stars
and 15 stripes.
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Carolina Bills Fare
Well in Congress
Doughton Credited With Getting
Parkway on Federal
Administration
The Carolinas have fared well at
the White House during the past
session of Congress. Thus far not a
bill introduced by a member from
the Carolinas has been disapproved.
The clerk of the House announced
that the President had approved the
bill whereby the Blue Ridge park
way is transferred to the Federal
Park service for administration. The
parkway was formerly known as the
Appalachian parkway and connects
the Shenandoah and Smoky Moun
tain National parks.
The bill was rushed through the
House the last day of the recent ses
sion, but only by the tactful hand
ling of Representative Robert L.
Doughton.
Doughton Pushed Bill
Northern members said they saw
no reason why the government
should build a great parkway
through Western North Carolina.
Mr. Doughton marshaled his forces,
got the bill through, and took the
House bill to the Sneate and turned
it over to Senator Carter Glass, who
called it up and obtained concur
rence.
GREAT WILKES FAIR
CATALOGUES BEING MAILED
Catalogues for the Great Wilkes
Fair are now being mailed.
The fair begins on the
15th of September <! arfh' continues*
through the 19th. Farmers in this
county are being invited to partici
pate in the stock and agricultural
exhibits for which there are being
offered various worth-while prem
iums. . u
SI.OO a Year in Ashe County
Commissioners and
Board of Education
Meet First Monday
Sheriff H. M. Miller’s Request for
Deferred Tax Advertising
Granted by Board
The Ashe County Board of Com
missioners met in regular session
Monday and attended to the paying
off of claims and other routine busi
ness. Sheriff H. M. Miller appeared
before the board and asked that ad
vertising of the list of delinquent
tax payers be postponed. The re
quest was granted, but Mr. Miller
is anxious that all those who have
not yet paid to do so at once as it
is necessary for him to have the new
tax books ready to turn to his
successor in office as this is an elec
tion year in the county. According
to Mr. Miller, the paying has been
exceptionally good so far.
The Ashe County Board of Edu
cation also met m regular session
Monday and attended to many rou
tine affairs. The new chairman, Zeb
V. Gambill, was present and presid
ed. Mr. Gambill succeeds Elder Ed
Davis, who resigned some time ago.
VISITING ELDERS EXPECTED
AT BIG HELTON MEETING
Elders McMillan, Kilby, and
Dancy are Expected to be at the Big
Helton Primitive Baptist communion
meeting on the 18th and 19th of
July. A large crowd is expected also,
and all Primitive Baptists are es
pecially invited to attend.
New Floors in
Basement of West
Jefferson School
John F. Donnelley, principal of the
local high school, is pleased to be
able to announce that hard wood
floors are being put in class rooms
in the basement of the school build
ing. The floors are being put in at a
great deal of expense but they are
being paid for out of the funds made
up from the school programs that
have been put on recently.
Many parents of children who are
in the basement rooms will be glad
to learn of this improvement which
will make warmer and more healthi
er quarters.
Big Rattler Killed
on Phoenix Creek
Mack Bowers, of the Phoenix
Creek section, killed a rattler on the
Phoenix Crek road Saturday after
noon that had nine rattlers and H
button. The reporter who saw the
snake failed to measure it, but it
would not have fallen much short
of three feet.
Other reports have been brought
to town of rattlers and copperheads
having been killed in this same sec
tion by road hands.
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Doughton Delivers
Chief Address at
Statesville Event
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Veteran Congressman Heard by
Thousands as He Expresses
Confidence in Present
An estimated gathering of ten
thousand North Carolinians helped
Statesville celebrate the 160th an
niversary of the signing of the De
claration of Independence last week.
Due to the second primary coming
on the Fourth, the celebration was
hdld on Friday.
R. L. Doughton, congressman from
this district, was the chief speaker
of the day. The Veteran congress
man, chairman of the House Ways
and Means Committee and close ad
viser of the President, delivered a
spirited address in which he exprss
ed confidence in the present and
great hope in the future of the na
tion.
“I think it wise on this birthday
of American independence to call
the attention of our people to the
fact that, while our country has ever
been the land of the free and the
home of the brave, it has also been
a land of justice, mercy and peace,”
asserted Representative Doughton.
“It has always been the land where
men were equal before the law and
where no sect or class can ever
crush the hopes of those who aspire
for better things.
“As we review the past and con
template the future, we may face
the coming years with confidence,”
predicted Mr. Doughton. “So long,
however, as we recognize the fact
that the finger of God has so far
written our history and so long as
we are true to the traditions of the
past, adapting ourselves and ad
dressing ourselves resolutely to
modern conditions and applying the
principles that underly our govern
ment to the new problems as they
arise, we may have no fears as to
,our national rQ&ty and security
May we confidently hope that this
republic of 130,000,000 people, rep
resenting the most stupendous res
ervoir of human energy and intelli
gence, has but fairly entered upon
her matchless career.
“The founders of our nation have
set us a great example of devotion
and sacrifice. The work they left us
must be perfected perhaps in anoth
er way, but not in another spirit.
Government in a democracy must
ever be oh guard to preserve the
general welfare of its people. It must
be stronger than any group, any
bloc, or any league. The day of op
portunity and responsibility is upon
us in full tide.
“At no period of our national ex
istence have the problems been more
difficult, perplexing or serious. Many
of these problems are the aftermath
of the folly of our growing indef
ference during the last few years to
practice the national philosophy set
forth in the Declaration of Indepen
dence and the Constitution of the
United States.
“Let us gratefully acknowledge
our obligation to our noble progeni
tors who have bequeathed us the
priceless heritage of liberty. Let us
unite in a solemn compact and cove
nant to preserve unimpaired the
freedom which has been so gracious
ly handed down to us.”
Clean-Up Day Set for
W. Jefferson Thurs.
Mayor Allen" Urges Public to
Clean up Premises and
Also Vacant Lots
Major James Allen has set Tues
day, July 14, aside for a special
clean-up day in West Jefferson. All
persons are asked to cooperate in
cleaning up both business and resi
dential sections. Trucks will be
furnished to haul away all garbage
and rubbish.
Mr. Allen is anxious that vacant
and untenated lots be remembered
and that they are cleaned up also.
Weeds should be cut and trash
picked up. x -
It is particularly important, ac
cording to Mr. Allen, that the town *
be kept clean from a standpoint of
health and beauty. During the sum
mer season, special efforts should be
made to keep the town clean and
attractive.