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Drive Safelv You May Save A Life — VOLUME 22. NO. 21 $2.50 a Year in Ashe County WEST JEFFERSON, N. C. ASHE COUNTY IS . . . Leading Livestock and Dairy Count; In Nonta Carolina. Population: 21, 866 THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 19.50 $3.00 a Year Out of County PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDA1 AMERICANS FIGHT COMMUNISTS IN KOREA ★ ★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★ * * * * ★★ ★ Smith Wins For Senate; Graham Carries County S m i t h Sweeps East In Second Primary On Sat. Voting* In County Heavier Than In First Primary; Local Interest Keen Willis Smith won. the Demo cratic nomination for U. S. Sen ator in the run-off primary against Senator Frank Porter Graham on Saturday by more than 20,000 votes according to unofficial returns. Smith’s total was 277.072 to Graham's 257.156 in North Carolina. Ashe county along with a big majority of other We-tern coun ties gave Senator Graham, a big 'majority, however. The total of ficial vote in this county was 1099 for Graham: while Smith took 1 ss than half cf that. 765. Three precincts in this county. Horse Cr«.ck, Hurricane and Laurel gave Smith no votes. The total votes by pr.turret is publish ed elsewhere in this paper. In the county there'was an in crease m voting over the first Primary. The first time Graham received 1350 votes, Smith 413, Reynolds 91 and Boyid 1. There was only a total of 1854 votes cast in comparison to 2464 on Sat urday. In the first primary in the State Graham poled 503,605 votes to Smith’s 250,222, when Smith was more than 53,000 behind. Second Lamb Pool To Be Held July 8 Agent Urges Selling Of Lambs Weighing More Than 85 Pounds At This Time The second lamb pool of the season will be held at the West Jefferson Livestock Market on July 8, Dana Tugman, county agent, announced this week. The agent stated that one of the largest pools of the year is expected at this time and that he urged all. farmers who have lambs weighing above 85 pounds to sell them at this time. He added that the prices should be about the same as for the first pool that was held on June 10. At the first pool 268 lambs were spld. for $4652.48 with choicje lambs bringing $27.00 per hund Weighing and grading for the July 8 pool will start at 6:00 a. m., and all farmers are urged to bring their lamhs in early so that the market would not be con gested prior to the closing of the pool,” Mr. Tugman said. Riverview P-TA To Hold Picnic Announcement was made this week by Herbert Graybeal that the Riv-: rview school Parent Teacher Association would hold a picnic Sunday, July 2. at 6:30 p. m. at the school in place of the regular meeting. Mr. Graybeal stated that all members of the P-TA and in terested friends are cordially in vited to attend the picnic. Official Report By Precincts Graham Smith ^ Helton Horse Creek Hurricane Jefferson Laurel North Fork Ob ids Old Field Peak Creek Piney Creek Pine Swamp Pond Mountain Walnut Hill "T-~‘ T‘=fterson Total Chestnut Hill Clifton Creston E’k Grassy Creek 113 104 12 43 26 89 140 73 363 11 59 79 63 99 131 53 21 54 166 14 41 4 26 64 16 0 6 88 0 1 21 62 57 12 45 2 81 231 1699 765 July 4 Is Expecte d To Be Quietly Observed HereOn Tuesday; Stores To Close WINS NOMINATION Willis Smith, who won the Democratic nomination for U. S. Senate on Saturday. Kannapolis Man ! Named American | Legion Head Tues. Hugh Alexander Elected; Sam Davis, Parks Colvard In itiated Into 40 And 8 Hugh Q. Alexander, of Kan “•.apoi*,, was named Sta^e com mander of the North Carolian Department of the AmFriicam Legion at the final session held | on> Tuesday in Charlotte. | Alexander was elected to the ] office on the first ballot over i Durham Davis: of Shelby and Ed Hamrick of Hickory. At the opening day of the ! State convention Sam Davis and Parks Co Ward, of Ashe Post 171 I were initiated into the Forty and 1 Eight Society of the American Legion, with the wreck taking place on Saturday afternon. Five vice - commanders nam ed were J. C. Lamm, Jr., of Wil son; Jack C. Wall, of Ft. Bragg; T. G. Stem, Jr., of Oxford; W. A. Gresham, of Albemarle and | Beaman Pinner, of Asheville. Other officers named were the Rev. W. Quay Grigg, SyLva, de partment chaplain; Edgar H. Bani, Goldsboro, department historian; James Boyce Garland, Gastonia, Judge Advocate; Rob in S. Kirby, Charlotte, national executive committeeman and Reese W. Scull, Valdese, national vice-committeem^n. Highlights of the convention were talks made by R. C. God ' win, retiring commander, and | Senator Frank Graham on Tues day and speeches by Senator - | elect Willis Smith and National Commander George Craig on Monday. Delegates at the convention de (Continued on page 4) ! Earl Ross Haire, W, Jefferson Man, Candidate For Ministry _ i Earl Ross Haire, son.' of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Haire, of West Jefferson, was presented- Sun day at the quarterly conferance j as a candidate for the ministry I and will in turn be presented to | the district conference for a li ( cense. Rev. J. H. Armbust, dis trict superintendent, highly com mtraded the young man, his par ents and the church. He graduated from Mars Hill College recently received many honors while a student there. In the graduating class’ of 256 he placed high scholastically and was on the Drain’s list. He was awarded the Balfour achievement qiedial for having shown the most improvement and achievement in general so ciety and school work during the two years at Mars Hill. He was (Continued on page 4) EARL ROSS HAIRE Picnicing Leading Activities Which Will Include Baseball Game July 4 is expected to be quiet ly observed in this county on Tuesday with most of the busi ness houses and offices being closed. No special public cele bration is being planned and pic nicing is expected to lead all other activities, because of the w.ather and many available choice spots including Doughton Park. The banks, as well as the coun ty offices, health department, welfare department. PMA of fic.:. FHA office and practically all other business establishments will cease operation for the holt day. Sharpe Shoemaker, presi dent of the West Jefferson Mer chants Association stated that the stores would, be closed all day on Tuesday and would re main open all Wednesday in stead of being closed on Wed nesday afternoon. Beryl Vannoy staled that the Farmers Bean and Vegetable Market would remain open and that sales yould be conducted on Tuesday as usual. On Tuesday afternoon the base ball game between West Jeffer son, Ashe county enter in the Skyline League and Lansing - weiton bas»baii team is expect-1 edi to draw a large crowd here. Stands were recently completed at the local park to accommo date more than 300 fans. Local tourist places and re sorts reported' that advance re servations indicated large crowds from other .sections of the State will seek relief ftpm the heat by spnding the holiday in this moun tain area. Because of the increase in traffic brought about by visitors to this section^ the public is ask (Continued on page 4) Miss Tinley Is Going To Korea Lansing Presbyterian Worker Is Going Into Foreign Mission Work Miss Betty Tinley* worker in the Lansing field, for almost four years, has been recently ap pointed as a missionary to Korea. After a visit at hex heme in Pine ville, Ky., she will spend from June 27 to August 10 at Mon treat studying languages in prep aration for foreign service. She plans to sail September 15 to take up her duties in Korea as an evangelistic missionary. Miss Tinley has been active and has made many friends who will miss her. Her work with the young people has been par ticularly outstanding. It Is Bean Picking Time In Ashe County As Market Opens , Bean growers in Ashe county are on the ;'ob again getting ready to market their first cron. The auction market opened at West efferson on Monday with good prices. Truman’s Action Gets Approval Of Local People Believe Action Against Com munists Important Fof | World Safety A number of local people said yesterday that they approved of the action of President Truman against the Communists in Ko rea. "It was the only *hing to do." said a young veteran of World War II’ Several people expressed the opinion that it was not only ne cessary to stop tr.e Commun ists, but would srve to call Rus sia's bluff. Some of those in reserve mili tary service expressed keen in terest and the possibility of be ing called into active service in the event the affair is not sett ledi immediately. There are several Ashe county run in regular . service in that area. While their names were not available, it is believed that some of them were in the initial action. Wildlife Club To Meet Mon. Night A fish fry meeting of the Ashe County Wildlife Club will be held] Monday night, July 3, at 7:30 at the community building Jaimes Graham,, secretary-treas urer announced' this week;. Mr. Graham stated that a movie would be shown and that ,here would be string music at ‘.he quarterly meeting of the club. Pr.sident Raymond Francis wifi make a report to the club on| ihe business transacted by the ex ecutive committee at its monthly. meetings. I Aslie Republicans Met Here On Sat.; Fate Beal, of Lenoir. Republi can candidate fcx Congress, was guest speaker ait a meeting of Ashe County Republicans at Grayfoea’/is restaurant Saturday evening with a large crowd at tending the meeting!. James Yates, chairman of the "ounty Republican Executive Committee, acted as toastmaster and other making brief talks were M. Donnelly Hart, Dt. Bruce Porter, Dawes Graybeal and B. B, GrayibeaL Following the meeting ice cream was served) to the group. Auction Bean Mart Opens Here On Monday; Top Price Paid Was $2.30 Per Bushel Four Ashe Scouts Attend Jamljoree At Valley Forge Ashley, Hudler, Bare, Gray beal Left Monday For Scout Encampment Four Ashe county Boy Scouts are among the 47,000 who are attending t)he second National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America being held this year at Valley Forge, Pa. Billy Ashley, Warrensville Trooip IIS, Wilbur Hudler, West Jedferson Troop 38 and Billy Joe Bare and Jimmy Graytbeal, Jef ferson Troop 113 left Monday to Sipend two weeks in the rolling hiiis where the ragged Contin ental Army dug in for the win ter of 1777. A vasit tent city cov ers the area where the scouts will be encamped. Scout officials say it will be tihe biggest gathering of boys 1 ever held in the Western Hemis phere — twice as large as the first National Jamboree held at I Washington, D. C., in 1937. Much of the tent city,s canvas will not be raised until the scouts arrive, for they will bring their own sleeping quarters as well as personal camping gear — tooth brushes, blankets and the i odds and ends a boy likes to! (Continued on page 4) j Over 400 Bushels Sold Since Opening; Market To Re main Open July 4 More than 400 bushels of beans have been, sold since the auction bean market opened here on Monday with prices ranging from $1.90 to $130 per bushel, officials reported here yesterday aflternoon. The first beans to be sold on the market this year were sold by Clififord Church of Jefferson and were bought by J. Max Bar low. Market officials stated that salsa were slow thus far this since the market opened the ear liest in June that it has ever op ened. It was announced that sales would be held daily, beginning at two o’clock in the afternoon and continuing every hour on the hour until all the beans were sold. Farmers Bean 3nd Vegetable Market is again being operated in the Tri - State Burley Ware house. A. B. V'annoy stated yesterday aflternoon that the market would remain open, on Tuesday, July 4. “We appreciate the patronage of the growers and promise the best possible service and price? again this sason,” W. G. Vannoy, one of the owners of the mar ket stated. Weather conditions during the (Continued on page 4) U. N. Security Council Backs Truman’s Offer To Aid Korea Lake Sucess — President Tru man’s bold act in dispatching military aid to South Korea and drawing the line on communism in East Asia has the backing of the U. N. Security Council. The 11-member council voted 7 to 1 for an American resolu tion endorsing the President’s decision. India and Egypt said they were not participating in the vote because they had not re ceived instructions. Yugoslavia voted against it. The Soviet Ujica was absent from the Council Its chief delegate Jakob A. Ma lik. insisted at a secret luncheon talk with U. S. Ambassador Er nest A. Gross that the council decision Sunday for a sessation of hostilities in Korea was ille gal. He laughed and said ,:nyet" (no) when asked by Secretary - Genera! Trygve Lie if he woQld not go along to the council meeting from the lunch. Malik will leave on vacation soon, and there is considerable speculation here about Russia’s future in the U. N. new. The Rus sians are certain to declare yes terday’s resolution illegal. The council voted little more than Id hours after President Truman announced in Washing ton that the U. S. is putting ships and war planes into protec tive combat against Red invad ers from North Korea. The first seven to endorse the new Truman, policy are the United States, Britain, France, China, Norway, Ecuador and Cu (Continued on page 4) MacArthur Puts Weight Against Northern Forces State Department Appeals To Russia To Call Off Ko rean Invaders By Staff Writer Washington — The cold war took on hot, firey sparks Tues day as President Truman order ed U. S. planes into the fight of South Koiua against the north ern communist invaders. Tlie United States Security Council gave its approval to the action and General Douglas Mac Arthur pushed the full strength of his air force and his naval forces into the fray with light ning speed when he received President Truman’s historic or. dcr that the I it t: republic of South Korea should be given the only kind of aid that could save it. Within a matter ot hours an ad vanced air base was set up at Fukuoka, on the west coast of Japan's Kyushu Island across the strait from Korea. At dawn Wednesday the planes started roaring across the Ko rean battle front some 350 miles to the noithwest. As their operations got fully under way telephone communica tion with Seoul was suddenly cut again. Contact was lost after 3 a. m. (5 p. m. e. s.t.„ Tuesday). At 10:30 a. m. (8:30 p. m. e. s. t.) it was still out. Overseas oper ators saici, it .was assurr.ev. the lines had ‘ been, cut Traffic at Kimpo, the airport for Seoul also was cut during the morning. What this might mean was not known — a new thrust into the city by Communist tank spear heads, severed) wires due to bombing ar sabotage, an attack by bomber planes or long range artillery oh the airport. But the planes of MacArthur^ men kept os going. United Press staff correspon (Continued an page 4) Official Asks To Keep Town Clean Garbage, Grass And Broken Limbs Should Be Placed In Garbage Cans KiaJpn Campbell, town clerk, this week aslked the cooperation o£ West Jefferosn citizens in the proper care of the streets and gutters of the town. He stated that in severs^ sections of the town, that grass, broken limbs from trees and other trash had. been placed in the gutters, thus causing over flowing of gutters in c^se of rain and scattering of the trash over the streets. ‘'All garbage, grass and brok en limlfc should be placed m garbage cans and' trash piles so that it can be picked up and tak en to the city dump,” Mr. Camp bell said. He added that the cooperation of all citizens in helping to keep the town look ing clean would be deeply a ap preciated, Bishop Announces Summer Services A large congregation heard Bishop George Henry, Bishop of the Diocese of Western North Carolina, who preached at St. Marys’ Episcopal church on Sun day afternoon at 3:30. Bishop Henry was assisted in the ser vice by Robert Marks, of New York, an instructor at the South ern Rural Training Institute be ing conducted at Valle Cruets this summer. Bishop Henry announced that there will “be services at St. Mary’s each Sunday afternoon at 3:30 during the summer months, beginning July. -2. Everyone is cordially invited to attend' these services.
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