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■ AT* I I Post which is read in I of the homes fa Ashe. [ Resolve to make busi- I ness better in 1938. VOLUME VIII, NUMBER 3 tart Movement To Establish A Burley Tobacco Market Here a County Farm Agent C. J. Rich Makes Preliminary Investi gation in Raleigh. f POUNDAGE INCREASING c According to recent estimates, f farmers in Ashe and surrounding | Blue Ridge mountain counties raised . a great deal more hurley tobacco last I year than they ever did before and P with the view of providing a more convenient market for their gold brown weed, a number of local bus iness men, farmers and County ‘ Farm Agent C. J. Rich have been ! discussing ways and means by which a tobacco market might be I established in West Jefferson. The 1937 crop in Ashe county will !' total about 250,000 pounds as com- | pared with 191,862 pounds in 1936; farmers in Alleghany raised around 68,000 pounds in 1936 and in 1937, ' the estimate is about 100,000 v pounds; Watauga produced 126,252 pounds in 1936 and about 150,000 pounds in 1937; Avery had 23,000 pounds in 1936 and around 40,000 last year. In other words, accord \ ing to the estimate there will be an '' increase of nearly 150,000 pounds in [I these four counties, or a total of nearly 550,000 pounds for 1937. To sell their tobacco it is now I'. necessary for the farmers in these ' ’ adjoining counties to go to Abing- don, Va., Asheville, Johnson City, Morristown, or Greenville, Tenn. All five of these markets are a long ( ways from this section and as a re l 1 suit it is an expensive proposition I to haul their tobacco this distance. Due to blocked sales it is frequent ly necessary for them to remain over one or two days to complete ; i their sales. f They contend that Ashe county lis the logical,. Center Ridge area; that West Jefferson is readily accessible to farmers in all four counties and that it would be . an ideal place for a new burley to- Y? bacco market. ) ' According to a letter which Mr. Rich received Tuesday from W. P. Hedrick, senior marketing specialist of the State Department of Agricul ture, however, the chances of secur ing a market at this time do not i appear favorable. The letter stated in part: “The first thing that is necessary is warehouse facility large enough to handle a sufficient amount of to bocco to justify the expense of building them, or if they are built, to pay the interest on the invest ment made. Roughly, the floor space should be about 20,000 square feet for each of two houses. i “After the houses are assured, i the companies are asked to arrange to send buyers. Naturally they ask how much tobacco the market would sell. I am informed that the companies are not interested in I sending buyers to markets that can j .not guarantee at least 3,000,000 > pounds. j Mr. Rich and others are going to continue their investigation. The Asheville market has sold nearly 5,000,000 pounds this year, breaking an all-time poundage rec \ ord, for an average of about 23 cents. The Virginia and Tennessee ■\ market are also reporting record Jr poundage, with their average rang ing around 23 cents. During recent weeks, however, prices have dropped considerably and are how averaging about 17 j cents per pound. ■ The many friends of Mrs. C. R. I Goswick regret to learn that she is ’ stm m. *• SHEETS DAUGHTER ALSO WINS PRIZE The first baby bom in Ashe this year was Jenivna Sheets, . daughters of Mr. and Mrs Fred Sheets, of Wagoner and not < Vance B. Pennington, according J to an entry received after the contest closed last week. Jeniv | na was bom on January 1 at 5 1 o’clock in the morning, 15 min utes before the Pennington boy arrived, according to the entry. To her parents, The Post is also I giving a free subscription. Miss Goldie Eller and Frank Shepherd, of Clifton, were mar ried at 2:30 o’clock in the after noon of January 1. Can any m couple in the county beat that date? If so, notify The Post. > L • isl a di a. d fflit shnlairt Dost $1.25 Out of County Brief News I FROM THE Daily Headlines | JAPANESE PLAN TO FORM GOVERNMENT Tokio, Jan. 18.—The Japan ese ambassador to China was called home today as indica tions increased that Japan eventually would recognize the new Peiping regime as the gov ernment of China. The recall of Ambassador Shigeru Kowagoe from Shang hai set the seal on the repudia tion of the Chinese government of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-! Shek made in the Japanese government’s statement last Sunday. i The chief secretary of the Japanese cabinet, Akira Kaza -4 mi, asserted that this repudia tion was stronger than a decla ration of war. He said Japan corj idered Chiang’s govern ment only a a local regime and did not intend to recognize it as the government of China by a declaration of war. A foreign office spokesman disclosed events leading up to the break with Chinese govern ment, confirming reports that Germany had sought to medi ate the conflict. FEDERAL SPENDING EXCEEDS ESTIMATE Washington, Jan. 18.—The t vvr ’ reported today its defi cit oh January 15— months of the fiscal year—was $795,- 726,970. President Roosevelt estimat ed two weeks ago that the defi cit for the fiscal year would to tal $1,294,345,300. Ini the first 6y 2 months of the last fiscal year, the deficit wr 1 $1,504,- 482,147. The treasury report showed both receipts and expenditures were continuing to run ahead of the previous fiscal year. In come since last June 30 totaled $3,352,118,844, compared with $2,321,732,756 in the comparable period of the previous year. Ex penditures in the same period . t amounted to $4,147,845,814, compared with $3,826,214,903. CRISIS IN FRANCE ENDS, NEW CABINET Paris, Jan. 18.—Camille Chau tempr, Radical-Socialists lead er, tonight ended five stormy days in which France was with out a government by forming a cabinet composed solely of members of his own party. There were strong indications the cabinet would not be sup ported by Socialists, and the Communists already have re pudiated it. Chautemps, called upon to ( salvage his government that was driven from office at dawn ■ Friday, announced the makeup I of his new cabinet at 9 p. m. as- ; ter conferring with President 3 Albert Lebrun at Elysee palace. , PROJECT ON YADKIN ! DRAWS BOARD’S FIRE < Raleigh, Jan. 18.—The board of conservation and develop- j ment tonight charged the fed- < eral power commission with i overstepping its authority in 1 assuming jurisdiction over the j proposed $6,000,000 hydroelec- 1 trie dam at Tuckertown, on the . Yadkin river. A subcommittee was instruc- 1 ted to draft a resolution sup- < porting Governor Hoey’s asser tion that the comn|ispion had ] no control over the Montgom- j ery county dam site. REVIVAL TO CLOSE SUNDAY - j The revival meeting at the Valley < Home Baptist church, which has 1 been in progress for several days, . will close Sunday with a baptizing, j Rev. T. A. Farmer, pastor, an- < nounces. The revival has been a ] most successful one, with 22 addi- 1 tions to the church having already i been made. Mr. Farmer has ’ been assisted in the preaching by Rev. A. C. Ashley. < - Five Generations of Barker Family O' ~ x f - ■ > fIH - JI Jk • Jml ■ ’W< * r ..... *mHMBMW IS F i ’’w* .MT ''WMI 1 , Shown in the two pictures above are five generations of the Wilbur N. Barker family. In the boKMbn picture are Mr. and Mrs. Barker, of Troutdale and in the top picture are Mrs. Jane May, of Bina; her daughter, Mrs. Laura Powers, of Bina; Mrs. Nola Blevins, of Crumpler and Mrs. Blevins is holding her 7-month-old baby, Harold Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Barker had nine children, 7 of whom are now living, 5 boys and 2 girls. Another unusual thing is that Harold Lee has six grandmothers living. Last Rites Held For Mrs. Beulah Wagoner Sunday r / Died In Wilkes Hospital With Pneumonia. La*/ge Crowd At Funeral., MANAGER OF STORE Funeral services were conducted at the Methodist church in Jeffer son Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock for Mrs. Beulah Phipps Wagoner, of Sparta, who died in the Wilkes hospital at North Wilkesboro Sat urday morning at 5 o’clock. x Mrs.. Wagoner had been ill at her home in Sparta for several days! and when she was carried to the hospital for treatment she develop ed pneumonia and died within a short time.. Mrs. Wagoner was the daughter of Mrs. Eva Phipps Blackburn, of Jefferson, and of the late Green Phipps of Baldwin. She married Tom Hamilton, of Beaver Creek, a member of one of Ashe county’s most prominent families, and for several years lived at Beaver Creek Later they moved to North Wilkes boro and were employed in Smith ey’s store there. Upon the death of Mir. 'EJamilton (several years iago Mrs. Hamilton went to the Lenoir store where she was manager and when the firm opened a branch of their store in Sparta she was trans ferred there and was manager of that store until her death. Soon after going to Sparta, Mrs. Hamil ton married Kern Wagoner, who was also employed in the Smithey’s store there. Mrs Wagoner is survived by her husband, Kern Wagoner, of Sparta; her mother, Mrs. Eva Phipps Black burn, of Jefferson; one daughter, Mrs. Matsie Hamilton Reins, of North Wilkesboro; two grandchil dren and the following sisters and brothers: Mrs. Fred G. Ray, West Jefferson, Mrs. Fred Davidson, Roa noke, Va., Mns. Joe Worth, Jeffer son, Mrs. Larry Colvard, Jefferson, Mrs. Jean Shores, High Point, and Vonley Phipps, of Jefferson. She is also survived by one half-sister, Thyda, of Jefferson. Interment was in Hamilton cem etery at Beaver Creek. JANUARY 20, Jefferson School Property Is Taken Over By County County Commissioners And School Board Agree To Pay S4OOO For Property. VALUED AT $40,000 Ashe county now owns all of the school buildings and public school properties in the county, as re quired by law. At recent meetings of the coun ty board of education and the coun ty commissioners, it was agreed .that the county would purchase i the Jefferson high school building, gymnaisius and 6Vz acre campus, it was learned this week. With the exception of the Jeffer son school, the county bought and took over all of the other public school properties several years ago. The two boards agreed to pay $4000.00 for the Jefferson school property, with SIOOO being paid each year for next four years and with each board paying half of the amount. The total valuation of the property is said to be around $40,- 000.00. The two school buildings were erected in 1914 under the sponsor ship of the Methodist church and by private subscriptions, with Mrs. Eula Neal giving the land. Since the New Deal administration, it is esti mated that around $30,000.00 has been spent by the government and the local sponsors in building a gym and enlarging and improving the main building. The trustees of the building are said to have allowed the county to use the property without charging any rental. NEED FOR GLASSES S 3 STRESSED BY MRS. WALL At a meeting of the Woman’s Club, held at the home of Mrs. J. A. W. Davis here yesterday after noon, Mrs. Wall, a representative of the State Blind Commission, made a talk in. which she urged the club, as well as the Legion post and other organizations here, to contribute funds with which to pur chase glasses for 67 needy children in the county. WEST JEFFERSON, N. C. SI.OO a Year in Ashe County ictor Walker Is i Now In Jail; To Have ' A Hearing Soon Most Os Farmers Eligible To Get Benefit Payments Check Reveals That 80 Percent Os Ashe Farmers Complied With Agreements. APPLICATIONS READY About eighty percent of the farm ers in Ashe county who signed up with the soil conservation program last year are eligible to receive benefit payments, Bruce Dent di rector of field supervisors in • the county farm agent’s office, esti mated this week. For the past two or three months the field supervisors in the county have been checking production on the co-operating farms to determine the extent of compliance with the program and individual applica tions for benefit payments have been filled out in the farm agent’s office. The records show that 1746 farm ers signed agreements and of this number there are nearly 400 who failed to limit their productions to. the provisions of the program, and therefore will not receive pay ments, Mr. Dent stated. Approximately 700 farmers have already signed applications for compliance payments and there are around 600 applications in the office at the courthouse ready to be signed. All of those who have not signed I are requested to stop at the office | and sign immediately, so that the I applications may be forwarded to headquarters for final approval and benefit checks issued. 1937 Good Year For Bank Os Ashe Total Assets And Deposits Showed Substantial Gains. W. H. Worth, President, The Bank of Ashe, which is one of the oldest banks in this section, had another successful year last year, according to their annual statement published in this issue. At the close of business on De cember 31, the bank’s total assets were $437,789.41, as compared with $407,851.35, a gain of over $29,000. This gain wais likewise reflected in the deposits which showed an in crease of over $27,000, with the in crease in state, county and munici pal deposits gaining $17,000 of that amount The reserve strength of the bank was also increased. •The annual stockholders’ meet ing will be held some time in the near future. The officers and di rectors of the bank are -W. H. Worth, president; T. K. Miller, vice president; Joe Worth, cashier; di rectors—W. H. Worth, T. K. Miller, Joe Worth, R. R. Day and J. S. Brown. THREE SCHOOL BOYS ROB LANSING CAFE Three Lansing school boys broke into the restaurant at Lansing last Friday night while the basketball game was in progress and stole about $5 in cash, it was reported this week. The three boys are Walter Camp bell, age 16; Bryon Carter, age 13 and Paul Davis, age 10. It was stated that they had confessed to the theft. A hearing before the juvenile judge, J. D. Stansberry, will probably be held soon. Two of them are said to have been guilty of robbery charges before. ROBERT WOODIE NEW MANAGER OF STORE HERE Robert Woodie, of Glendale Springs, is the new manager of Bare’s Fair Store. Guy Hunt, who has been operat ing the store here for the past two years, is opening a new Bare’s Fair Store in Boone and has moved his family there. Mr. Woodie was formerly con nected with the R. J. Reynolds To bacco company, stationed in Indi ana. He has also taught school in the county. He will be assisted in running the store by his wife. I. ASHE COUNTY is the air - conditioned section of North Caro lina whose altitude ranges from 3,000 to 600 feet above sea level 25 miles of the PACK WAY run through the nnnnfv PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Arrested By Sheriff Miller Fri day Night For Shooting Earl Sheets. SHEETS IMPROVING Victor Walker, who shot and seri ously wounded Earl Sheets near Glendale Springs on Christmas day, is now in the county jail awaiting preliminary hearing, which will be held as soon as Sheets is able to leave the hospital in North Wilkesboro. Walker was arrested last Friday night at the home of his brother in-law, Fred Sheets, at Glendale Springs, by Sheriff Ed MiUer and two deputies, C. O. Parsons and Walter Stringer. Sheriff Miller stated that-Walker did not offer any resistance. After surrounding the house, the sheriff entered and found him hiding un der the bed in which he and his wife were sleeping. W. M. Wyrick, of West Jefferson, also accompanied the officers to identify the party in question. On Sunday, following the shoot ing of Sheets on Christmas day, Walker is alleged to have shot a Bare Boy near Glendale Springs, with two of the shot striking Bare’s neck. Citizens of the community state that when this shooting took place, Walker thought that he was firing at Sheriff Miller, as he . had declared he wouldn’t submit to ar | rest. A short time ago he was arrested near Abingdon, Va., by a Virginia State Highway Patrolman, but due to a misunderstanding ais to the age of the party for whom he was searching, the patrolman turned Walker loose. The hearing will probably be held within the next week or two as it is believed that Sheets will be able to leave the hospital by that time. Some time ago he was convicted of robbing the Grassy Creek post office and has been accused of rob bing McNeill’s store at Laurel Springs. School Masters ** To Meet Tonight Proposed Plans For Holding Fo rensic And Language Tour ney To Be Discussed. The School Masters’ Club of Ashe county, composed of the various school principals, will meet tonight in the board of education office at the courthouse to discuss iseveral important matters, Supt. J. B. Hash announced this week. Among other things they will discuss regulations of the proposed Appalachian High School Associa tion Forensic, and Language Tour nament which is scheduled to be held at A. S. T. C. on February 14. President Garbee has recommended that five different contests be con ducted and that all schools send representatives. (Full details of this tournament will be announced next week.) At the meeting preliminary plans for senior and 7th. grade examina tions will also be made and ways and means of improving school li braries and of providing an ade quate number of supplementary readers will be discussed. *!ncle Jim Sots"] My neighbors and I find that a sound crop rotation containing le gumes will help soil losses and also boost yields of cash crops. It means money in your pocket.
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