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AND SANE JULY fourth observed here (Con1 nued from pa?e 1) thL_Parkway throughout the day The streets of West Jefferson JeOfertxm and Lfenjsmg had' 4Wt e tiaffic as citizens either took to the country or stated at home for the holiday with bus iness places in the three towns closed. A record crowd attended the West Jefferson - Lansing - Helton baseball game on the local dia mond, which West Jefferson won m a nip-and-tuek battle for ten innings, 10-9. protectors stated that the streams of Ashe county were covered1 with fishermen Tuesday with trout and bass fishing the most ipopular. No accidents were reported in this vicinity and traffic was handled unusually well by of ficials who were busy much of the time giving directions and answering questions along the Parkway. ASHE MAN KILLED IN TENNESSEE WRECK (Continued from page 1> City, Tenn„ where he died abou^ an hour after the accident from a broken neck and multiple head injuries. Rev. Noal Riddle officiated at the service for Price at the home with interment being held in the family cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Hazel Price; three child ren, Betty Sue, Gale and Bar bara Ann and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Price. OFFICERS ARE TO BE INSTALLED TONIGHT (Continued from page 1) fast Thursday night Jack Little, Rotary sponsored youth at Boy’s State, reported on the activities there. He was introduced by Bruce Hash, program chairman for the night,. Arnold Drye was welcomed in to the club as . a new member at the meeting, . • • MOVIE RAINSTORM IN PARIS . . . Acting: <rat a scene for a movie they are making, French film stars, Joan Pierre Aumont and Simone Renant stand In a downpour in Place Vendome. The rain was pro duced by courtesy of the Paris fire department with the two firemen at right the actual rainmakers. The carious crowd didn't seem to mind getting sprinkled ns they watched the free show. DOWN SOUTH Director ol Research Southern States Industrial Council By THURMAN SENSING History has always been a hob by of mine, and in reading an old history book recently I came across a statement by George Washington that pretty well sets forth my philosophy about this nation and its people. He made the statement, of course, when this was a very small country, but I believe it is just as true to PULP WOOD WANTED! 4000 cord peeled pulp wood §15.00 per unit of 160 ft. Peel now, cut up and haul when you have more time. B. F. Cook West Jefferson, North Carolina Attention Sawmill Men! SEE OUR PRICES ON Four and Five-Quarter Oak Eight - Quarter White Pine Four-Quarter Basswood Mt. Airy Tie & Lumber Co. B. H. RICHARDS West Jefferson, North Carolina Attention Ashe Farmers! MAKE OUR STORE YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL FARM NEEDS — WE HAVE Henry Poe Special Bean Dust Tendergreen Seed Beans Bean Fertilizer Galvanized Pipe and Roofing Cinder Blocks - Mortar Mix \ ANU ALL KINDS OF Plumbing Supplies And Fixtures Try'rHere First Before Going Elsewhere W. P. and R. C. Shoaf 1 Located Right In Warrensville day as it was the day he made it. Hie said this: “The masses of people in these United States mean w. 11, and I firmly believe they will always act well, when ever they can obtain a right un derstanding of matters.” I believe, this about the Ameri can people. I believe they are sensible enough and patriotic enough to, do what is right and necessary to preserve democracy, PUBLIC HEARING ON SCHOOLS AUGUST 3 (Continued from ps>ge 1) located at Elklandi, Fleetwood, Healing Springs. Jefferson, Na than's Creek and West Jefferson, and that the high schools in the Lansing. Riverview and Virginla Carolina Districts be continued for the present." The plan of organization, rec ommended by the Ashe County board and previously approved: called for a high school to be constructed at Beaver Creek, about two miles from the West Jefferson city limits. The county owns this property, which con sists of about 30 acres and is a part of the county homte tract. - - j<m * \ The previously approved pian called for the consolidation of Elkland, Jefferson, West Jeffer son and Fleetwood schools. to preserve the American Way of Life provided they can obtain a right understanding of mat ters. That is the important point —obtaining the right understand ing of matters — and this is the point where the newspapers of America are charged with a ter* rific responsibility. The newspa pers still are, and perhaps al ways will bq, the main source of information for the AroenCtrA public. The newspaper is person al, it is tangible, the individual can hold it in his hand and read the black type on the white page If the newspaper measures ujJ to its responsibility, it will give the reader full information, not j just part of the information; and j it will give him impartial infor mation, not biased information. The reader can then make up his own mind. And th re was perhaps ne^rr a time in the history of this country when the people needed full information more than they ! do now. Are the newspapers of 1 the country measuring up to | their responsibility in this re spect? Ir. a great many particular casts. I fear that they are not. I have occasion to travel over this ! country a great deal, particular : ly here in our Southland and I j see too many cases where in : formation the people should fia've | is played down or ignored, too | many other cases where infor mation the people should have is played up or magnified beyond its importance. | These observations, of course. ( do not apply to the editorial | page, which it is perhaps the privilege of the publisher to slant in whatever direction he j thinks best. But erven on the edi torial page the newspaper OFFICE SUPPLIES We carry a good many of fice supply items and can or der others that we do not have in stock. This is ren dered more as a service. Our prices are low. Letter & Bill Files, with Index CARBON PAPER OF ALL KINDS Typewriter Carbon, 3 sheets, 10c; Box $2.25, up Letter Size, $2.25 —Legal Size, $2JM TYPEWRITER ■i RIBBONS $1.09 each ADDING MACHINE ROLLS, 15c MERCHANTS SALES BOOKS Plain. 5c: doz. 59c—Name and Address imprinted. jjow Priceal LETTER FOLDERS, box _ $2.00 RUBBER STAMPS—RUBBER STAMP PADS LEDGER BOOKS AND LEDGER SHEETS The Skyland Post page, which it is perhaps privilege of tie publisher he slant in whatever direction he. thinks best. But even on the edi torial! page .the newspaper should be sincere, and said to relate we have plenty of reason to doubt tMe sincerity of some of our newspapers. As an illustration, let’s consid er the attitude of some of our own Southern newspapers to ward the FEPC. Implicitly fol lowing the party in every re spect, so much so that their pol icy is undoubtedly masterminded • from party headquarters in Washington, these newspapers make just one exception — they oppose the FEPC. Some of the measures they support are just as bad as the FEPC, and I do not need signed confessions by the publishers to convince me that the opposition of these par ticular newspapers to the FEPC is due entirely to the pressure of public opinion, due to the' emotionalism it arouses, due to the fact that they are afraid of a boycott by the public if they support it — and is not due to any conscientious objection on their part to this further exten sion of governmental control in to the lives of the people. It is with these thoughts in mind> that we can say that from every angle an honest, indepen ci nt, conscientious, patriotic newspaper occupies a position of responsibility and influence without peer in the life of the nation. To the extent that Ameri can newspapers generally meas ures up to the position they oc cupy will determine whether or not the American people can ob tain a right understanding of matters and accordingly have full fr.edom in their pursuit of hap piness in this country in the days ahead. No marketing quotas will be proclaimed for the 1951 wheat crop, the U. S. Department of Agriculture has announced. Virus diseases of food crops offer one of the most baffling typis of problems to the research scientist. N. C. SCHOOL BOARD VOIDS SCHOOL PLANS (Continued from page 1) “If we had known JsJverson was going to have a hearing we could have had one at the same time” a teacher from Todd said. He called attention to the fact that the small group from Todd did not represent the entire community and that the spokes man from the group, Howell, did not even live in Ashe county. He also emphasized the fact the- group (from Jefferson had previously made a pub lic announcement that it did n'l desiie a hearing and that it did not want to come in the consoli dation. “I can’t understand any group saying one thing and then doing another,” a member of the county board of education said. He call d attention to the fact that this concession at Jeffer son had b( on made to the board and published in The Skyland Post. Attention was also called to the fiuct that this agreement by the Jefifi rson group declining a hear ing had been sent to the State Board of Education and that some of the signatures on this agreement were those of the lead ers ol the hearing held last week. Mt mix rs of the county board of education said they were sur prised that the Jefferson group wanted to consolidate both Na than’s Creek and Healing Springs. Some of this same group had pieviously contended that Heal ing Springs and ^Nathan’s Creek should not be brought into the consolidation, members of the board of education said. It was also pointed out by Ashe Board members that the immediate needs at Healing Spring* and Nathan’s Creek were nothing like as vital as those of Lansing and Riverview. John L. Cameron, of the State Schoolhous.- Planning Board said “that survey groups, work ing under the auspices of the Sitate Board of Education, had surveyed Ashe County and had split on the proposc-d sites foi the consolidated high school. Howev r. he added, the group that favored the Beaver Creek lA | site had made its survey about • t|wo years ago, and “circum stances have changed consider ably aince then.” Fleetwood citizens pointed out that the survey was not made two years ago and that the geo graphy and population of the county had changed very little since then. 1 “I see no change except in the minds of some people.” A high | school teacher said. | A number of West Jefferson citizens said they still thoughj that a location between the towns would be fine, if a suit able one could be found. “I see nothing difteren, than when members of the planning board and survey committee first look ed. Negro Mountain is still th .re,” one citizen said. ! A check up on the records re veals that the survey was mifte October 6, 1949 instead of “about ’two years ago.” The records I show that the survey made and signed by W. H. Piemmons, Her | bert Wade and ChapfcF Wilson was unanimous in selecting fne ! site at B aver Creek. Member.* : of the board of education said no other surveys, before or affta j had been submitted to them. People in the Lansing and | Riverview section bemoaned the | continued delay. "We need some action now,” a Riverview teach er said. rtuST A Llti ACT ; ™ TO GET YOUR L ATT EMTIOM W IS r WE PUT IN Amur 4 TOO' ^ OUR' SUPERS SUPERS r£/oT'W«_ PRINTIKI 1 Check Hie New Features Yourself I New outside design |/ New inside design New rust-resisting shelves New larger tail-bottle space K''' New lorger Super-Freezer (/ New deep Hydrator |/ New Multi-Purpose Tray lr New glass Cold Storage Tray New acid-resisting Porcelain inside V New l?-setting Cold-Control l/ New more powerful Meter* Miser |/ New cabinet construction |/ New door soal % V Look outside I Look inside I You can't match a FRIG ID AIRE ASHE HARDWARE INC. WEST JEFFERSON, NORTH CAROLINA
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