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ASHE COUNTY is the air-conditioned section of North Carolina whose altitude ranges from 3,000 to 5,500 feet above sea level. Twenty-five miles of the PARKWAY run through the county. VOLUME IX NO. 18 49 Ashe Justice Os Peace Named For 6-Yr. Term Names Os Magistrates Ap pointed By Representative Ira Johnston Announced. OTHERS IN COUNTY t<) The names of the 49 of ’ the peace in Ashe county who were appointed by Representative Ira T. Johnston just before the close of the recent legislative ses sion, are printed below. These men were appointed to serve for 6 years and Mr. John ston said that the majority of them were re-appointed. The pre sent terms of those who were re appointed will expire in the near future, he stated. This list does not include all of the county’s magistrates. The terms of other justices do not ex pire for two or three years. The list by townships follows: Chestnut Hill, W. H. McMillan and Wiley Blevins; Clifton, John M. Burkett, W. H. Jones, S. W. ■ James and R. A. Jones; Grassy Creek, A. J. Blevins and W. P. Colvard; Helton, I. G. Spencer, Bryan Kirby and Clay Kilby; Horse Creek, C. L. Goss and E. W. Stansberry; Hurricane, Fred Blevins and Glenn Weaver; Jef ferson, R. A. Hamilton, R. Q. Bare, W. C. Smith, Paul Williams and A. G. Witherspoon; Laurel, Bruce Graybeal and Arthur Oli ver; North Fork, B. H. Duncan and R. P. Lewis; Obids,- D. C. Miller and D. H. Burgess; Old Fields. R. V. Lemley and J. W. Duncan; Peak Creek, R. L. Aus tin and Thos. Pennington; Piney Creek, Howard Blevins, W. M. Shumate and G. V. Stansberry; Pine Swamp. H. H. Lemly, Worth McNeill, J. F. Hartsog and R. G. Phillips; Pond Mountain, B. F. Kilby, Bryan Davis and C. H. Eldreth; West Jefferson, H. C. Tucker, Gale McMillan and C. M. Payne; Walnut Hill, L. W. Baker, A. P. Barker anu Gwyn , Denny; Creston, Thos. Latham, S. C. Arnold and Cleve Johnson. Man Is Jailed For Knife Attack Became Angered When Ask ed To Leave Shell Case Tuesday Night. Frank Adams of West Jeffer son was Todged in jail Tuesday night following an affray in the Shell case when he attacked Nor man Jones, one of the proprietors with a knife. Spectators reported that Ad ams’ wife and children came in and ordered something to eat and before they had finished he came in and started to argue with her. A, In order to avoid a disturbance < in his place of business Norman Jones, who with his brother Rom Jones operate the place, asked the couple to leave and escorted them to the door. Just as Adams reached the door he turned and cut Jones on the right side of his neck with a Jcnife. Oficers were called imme diately and Adams was taken to jail. Dr. R. C. Ray who attended the wounded man said that he sew ed up a cut about three inches long in his neck, and that he was resting very comfortably Wed nesday. SPECIAL REQUEST if FOR NAMES MADE Realizing that a large num ber of Ashe county people who are now in other sections of the country are still keenly in terested in their native coun ty and its welfare, Roy Bad ger is planning to send a spe cial appeal to all of these per sons whose names and addres ses he can secure, asking them to join the Ashe Hospital As sociation. He is asking the public to co-operate with him in work ing up a mailing list of this kind. “If you have a relative or friend living outside of Ashe and whom you think is interested in helping us build ( a hospital, please give me the names and addresses,” Mr. Badger states. “Or perhaps you had rath er write to them yourself,” he added. (The Post $1.25 a Year Out of County Reenacting Washington’s Journey BWr \«BB WMlPlg iiii BL3 « ..IH ffiW me George Washington's coach, traveling from Mount Vernon to the New York World’s Fair, reenacts the inaugural journey of the first president. Denys Wortman, New York cartoonist, plays the part of Washington. Monday Was Busy Day For Ashe County Commissioners Worth Elected Jefferson Mayor Defeated Rev. R. H. Stone. Light Vote. Burkett Mayor Os Warrensville. Walter H. Worth, cashier of the Northwestern Bank in Jefferson and prominent lay-leader of the Methodist church who is still in Kansas City attending the gen eral conference of the United Methodist churches, was elected mayor of the Ashe county seat town Tuesday in one of thf quietest elections ever held in this county. Mr. Wbrth his terian friend, Rev. R. H. Stone, who did a little campaigning for his opponent, by a vote of 16 to 6. In other words, of the 90 to 100 voters in Jefferson, only 22 of them went to the poles and vot ed. Even his brother, Joe Worth, said he didn’t have time to vote. Both of these men were away last week, strange as it may seem, when they were nominated as candidates at a small mass meeting in the courthouse. Rev. Mr. Stone learned the news late Monday afternoon when he re turned from Stokes county where he had been holding a revival meeting and told The Post that he was going to campaign for his opponent, as he did not want the job as mayor. In the aidermen’s race, Edwin Porter, Glenn Little and Guy Badger were elected. The voting was: Porter, 19: Badger, 18; Lit tle, 16; Mont Little. 9 and Tom Duncan, 4. Porter is the only member of the old board. W. B. Austin is the retiring mayor. At Warrensville, it was report ed, J. M. Burkett was elected mayor; A. C. Johnson, W. P. Shoaf and I. H. Ashley, aidermen. Elections for two-year terms were held last year at West Jef ferson and Lansing. Adam Lockheart and U. B. Bla lock are leading the procession in growing pure bred Hereford beef cattle on Anson farms. Henry Martin, Jr., and Fred Caudle re cently purchased two beef calves from Mr. Lockheart to start a 4-H beef calf project. Community Workers Now Busy With Hospital Drive Splendid progress in the cam paign to build a county hospital through the organization of an Ashe County Hospital Associa tion was made last week-end when approximately 35 public spirited citizens carried the ap peal into 44 communities, Roy Badger, drive director and super visor, announced yesterday. “In some places the attendance at the meetings to explain the hospital movement was not so good, while at other places a large number of interested men and women were present,” Mr. Badger stated. “I haven’t received reports from all of the visiting teams, but according to the information I have, we now have a fine or ganization set up in practically Jury List Drawn. Agree To Buy School Bus And Paint County Jail. Monday was a busy day foi' the Ashe county commissioners, as a number of matters were taken up in addition to the regular routine of business of checking county officers’ reports and paying regu lar operating expense bills. The resolution, sponsored by three ministers asking that the new beer and wine bill be de clared effective and oprative, was passed. A report from H. H. Burgess, county tax listing supervisor, stated that some of the list tak ers have not completed their can vass and listings and the tax listing period was extended un t/1 May 15. Frank James, county’s special tax collector of personal proper ty taxes, was directed to levy on property of taxpayers for the payment of unpaid taxes still in his hands. A report from the county board of education, requesting that the county purchase a new school bus to be used to haul the children from the Long Branch school community to Lansing or to build a new school building in that community, as the old one burned down some time ago, was received. After some discussion, the board members said they favor ed a bus in preference to erec tion of a new building and it was agreed that the purchase would be made. A petition from a group of citi zens requesting that the road from Glendale Springs across to Roan’s Creek church on the new Laurel Springs highway be im proved, was approved and sent to the State Highway Commis sion. A jury list for the May-June term of Ashe superior court for the trial of civil cases was drawn. The commissioners signed the social security estimate and re quest for the ensuing year, which had been made out by the county welfare board and submitted to them. This estimate budget calls for an increase in grants to old age assistance and aid to depen dent children cases in the coun ty- The request from the clerk of (Continued on Page Eight.) every section' of the county, lit erature was well distributed and a good many membership and contribution pledges were made,” he explained. “Practically everybody seems to be enthusiastically interested in helping to get a hospital in this county and they realize that we now have the opportunity of a lifetime to get one. “I want to congratulate and to thank the men and women of the Jeffersons who gave their time and efforts to visit the various communities last Saturday and Sunday in behalf of the Ashe County Hospital Association. “I also want to thank all of the workers who volunteered to can vass their communities for sub ’(Continued on Page Eight.) THURSDAY’, MAY 4, 1939 WEST JEFFERSON, N. C. Man Painfully Injured In 30 Ft. Fall Tues. William Sullivan Fell From REA Power Line Pole Near Dog Creek. IN HOSPITAL J • ; William Sullivan, constructing linesman was painfully injured Tuesday when he fell from a height of approximately 30 feet from a pole while at work on REA power lines in the Dog Creek section, near Jefferson. He was brought immediately to West Jefferson for treatment, but Dr. R. C. Ray who saw him ad vised that he be taken to a hos pital at once. He was removed to Boone where he is now undergo ing treatment for an injured spine and foot. Men working nearby who rush ed to Sullivan’s assistance said that he had reached the point on the pole where he was to work and just when he went to adjust his belt, his hand slipped. He cried out as he fell, and a fellow workman who was also on a pole said that he saw him as he climbed up, but looked away for a minute then as he glanced back, saw that he was no longer on the pole, which made him rea lize instantly that Sullivan had fallen. The injured man who came here recently from Pennsylvania is empleyed by Melvin Burgess Co., Inc., contractor for the main lines of REA in this county. Board Completes Its Appointments Requests Purchase of School Bus. Letter Is Sent To Dis trict Committees. At the regular monthly meeU ing of the Ashe county board of education Monday, appointment of school committees in the coun ty was completed. Tatum Brown and B. B. Kri der were appointed on the Elk land school board. Watauga coun ty names the other member of the board as a number of stu dents who attend Elkland school are from that county. On the Riverview district school board are J. C. Little, Todd Price and G. D. Wilson. Bert Dixon was named to fill the vacancy on the Friendship school board. Sidney Killens was appointed to take Lee Stanley’s place on the Buffalo committee. Mr. Stanley moved to Pennsyl vania a short time ago. The board passed a resolution, requesting the Ashe county com missioners either to erect a new school building at Long Branch, near Lansing, to replace the one that burned down a few months ago, or to make arrangements to purchase a school bus so that the children in that community can be transported to the Lansing school. The school board members stated that they would prefer the purchasing of a school bus as the expense would be less and would offer the children a better op portunity by having them go to Lansing district high school. The commissioners indicated that they favored buying the bus and consolidating that school. It was pointed out that the State Highway Department has already given assurance that the road in the Long Branch community will be improved by next fall so that a school bus could operate over it all right. The board directed Supt. J. B. Hash to send a letter to all dis trict committeemen, advising them that no contract applica tions would be approved by them for any teacher who has a child under the age of 12 months on Sept. 1, 1939. Supt. Hash stated that he has not received reports yet from the various school committeemen, ap pointing teachers for next year. He said that he understands sev eral of them have met and made their selections, but that he doesn’t have a record of them in his office at this time. The possibility that one day American cities will be forced to bar jobless “immigrants” from coming from the Nation’s farms has been suggested by E. O. Ba ker, U. S. Department of Agricul- LINDBERGH REPORTS : '■ ;K-jr-z Z-C '£i I ■ \ u I WASHINGTON, D. C Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, who came home from Europe recently and is now doing a special job of an alyzing air-craft conditions in the U. S. army. Earl Wallace Dropped Dead On Job Monday WPA Worker In Apple Grove Community Died Sudden ly. Family is Shocked. FUNERAL HELD TUES. Earl Wallace, 34-year-old Ashe county WPA worker, dropped dead Monday morning at 9 o’- clock from an acute heart attack, which struck him suddenly just after he had started to work. He and a group of other men were working on the read in the Apple Grove community in the Pond Mountain section when all of a sudden Wallace exclaimed, “something has struck me in my lungs,” those standing close to him quoted him as saying. He dropped his shovel and threw his hands to his chest and .instantly fell to the ground dead, it was stated. Mr. Badger, who went after the body, said that his fellow workers and members of his family were severely shocked as he had never complained of hav ing heart trouble. Edgar Stans berry is foreman of the road pro- 1 ject on which Wallace was work-; ing. The deceased was born and reared in the Apple Grove com munity. Funeral service was con ducted Tuesday by Rev. Manuel Bennett. He is survived by his wife and one child, Elma Gene. He also leaves his mother, Mrs. Lockie Wallace; three brothers and one sister—Carl, Fred and Howard, Wallace and Mrs. Ellis Sheets, of Anawald, W. Va. EXPECT TO FINISH SURFACING 4 MILES OF 16 BY JUNE IST The weekly detour bulletin, issued by the State Highway and Public Works Commission, this week carried the following in formation about highway num ber 16: “NC 16 Warrensville (West) to Creston. Projects 7112-7113 4 miles grading, traffic bound ma cadam, and bituminous surface treatment to be completed about June 1, 1939. Traffic maintained. Drive carefully.” Plans are now under way to get another 2-mile project, ex tending to the Mouth of the Lau rel, approved. Unlawful To Sell Beer Or Wine In Ashe On Sunday The beer and wine law, passed during the closing days of the recent session of legislature, pro hibiting the sale of wine or beer on Sunday in Ashe and Watauga and 20 other counties in North Carolina, was made effective and immediately operative in this county by the board of commis sioners Monday. The bill provided that its pro visions would become effective when the governing bodies of the counties and towns specifically named in the act, passed resolu tions declaring it in operation. During their regular session Monday the commissioners pass ed such a resolution at the re quest of Revs. W. T. Whittington, W. J. Huneycutt , SI.OO a Year in Ashe County PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Alleghany Negro Is Sentenced To Death In Shepherd Killing KING OF IRAQ ife. , , g|- lb - fit iM B ' % IV > - : ' Jhb sm nOirffiiißMriiiHMr ;•>. £ •>** Back -.-.viaw BAGHDAD, IRAQ. . His Majes ty King Faisal 11, who is 3 years eld. He succeeded to the throne of Iraq on the death of his fa ther King Ghazi, who was killed in an automobile accident recent ly. Finals Are Hehl At High Schools Lansing Exercises End To night. Programs Well At tended at Other Schools. Tonight the commencement ex ercises will be brought to a close at Lansing high school when the nembers of the senior:, ,lass pre sent. “The Whole Town’s Talk ng”. The graduating exercises .vere held Wednesday night vhen the address was given by W. D. Halfacre of North Wilkes boro. Finals at Nathan's Creek end ed last Saturday night with the ;enior play, “Aunt Tillie Goes to rown” which was witnessed by i large crowd. The 15 members )f the Senior class were award ed their diplomas on Friday light. At this time Honorable Ira r. Johnston delivered the litera ry address to a packed house. The Healing Spring’s com nencement exercises were brought to a climax on Saturday light when 13 seniors were awarded diplomas. Ed M. Ander son, editor and publisher of The Skyland Post addressed the grad aates. A large crowd attended. Dr. Amos Abrams of A. S. T. 3. delivered the final address to the graduates of Jefferson high school on Saturday night when the diplomas were awarded. The Jefferson seniors presented, ‘Old Mr. Ccab” on Friday night to a large audience. Finals at Riverview high school will open the latter part of next week. By using registered stock and following a definite breeding pro duction per cow of the dairy herd at the Pennsylvania State Col lege has been increased by al most 6,000 pounds since the herd was started in 1890. “It is hereby declared unlaw ful to sell wine or beer in Ashe county between the hours of 12:01 o’clock A. M. Sunday until 12:00 o’clock midnight Sunday night on each and every Sunday of the calendar year and that it is here by declared unlawful to sell wine in Ashe county for consumption on the premises where said wine is sold . . . and the clerk to this board is hereby instructed to give suitable notice of this reso lution to those selling wine or beer in the county of Ashe and that the officers of Ashe county be and they are hereby instruct ed to carry out this resolution ac cording to law.” Those who violate the law are subject to a fine. WANT A HOSPITAL? If you want a Hospital in Ashe County, JOIN the ASHE COUN TY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION. Co-operation and support from everybody is needed to put the movement over. We now have a Golden Opportunity! First Degree Verdict Render ed Yesterday Afternoon. Will Die July 7. IS SECOND TRIAL Glenn Maxwell, 40-year-old Alleghany county negro, was again convicted of first degree murder for coldbloodly shooting and killing Charles Shepherd and was sentenced to die in the gas chamber on July 7, by Judge J. H. Clement in the Alleghany county superior court yesterday afternoon. The case went to Surry coun ty jury yesterday morning at 11 o’clock and after deliberating un til 3 o’clock, this group rendered a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. Maxwell, Alleghany’s first man to be sent to the death chamber, was tried last May and sentenc ed to die on June 17, 1938. The case was appealed to the supreme court and a new trial was order ed on the ground that Judge Donald Phillips errored in his charge to the jury when he de clared that “the defendant could not be found ‘npt guilty’ ”. The sensational trial this week, which started Monday afternoon, attracted a capacity crowd in the courthouse. Practically the same evidence was presented, which showed that Maxwell, a negro who pre viously had a good character, shot and killed Shepherd, a well known filling station operator., on April 14. while he was work ing in his mother’s garden. By appointment of the court. Attorneys W. B. Austin and Eu gene Trivette represented the de fendant Dougliton and Bob Gambill appeared with So licitor McMichael for the state. Court adjourned immediately after this trial. BEER AND WINE DEALERS WARNED L. P. Colvard this week issued a notice to all beer and wine dealers, explaining that unless they purchase new licenses at once they will be liable for se vere fines. The licenses expired on April 30 and Mr. Colvard said that the law provides a $50.00 fine for each day for failure to get new licenses. Towns also have simi lar licenses and penalties. The county tax is $25.00 each for the privilege of selling wine and beer. ATLANTIC, YADKIN PASSENGER TRAIN MAKES LAST RUN GREENSBORO, April 30.—The last regularly scheduled Atlantic and Yadkin passenger train on the Sanford-Mount Airy run pulled out of the Southern pas senger station here at 5:15 o’clock this afternoon, bound for Mount Airy and then oblivion. Railway freight service will be continued between Sanford and Mount Airy, only the passenger service being cut off. it was pointed out. Passenger service was discontinued because it is not profitable and has caused the railraw company to suffer heavy losses, officials said. J Proud byu
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