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ASM 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 ?ARKWAY run through th6 county. VOLUME X, NO. 5 Plan To Organize All Sheep Growers In Ashe County News Along The Political Front By Staff Writer The biggest political news in the ninth district and in North Carolina during the past week was the announcement from Washington last Saturday after noon that Congressman R. L. Doughton had yielded to the pleas of thousands, including President Roosevelt, and decided to remain in Congress for at least another term. It is predicted that Walter H. Woodson, Sr., of Salis bury and Jim Rovers, of Boone, will withdraw their candidacies. The contest for the Democratic nomination for governor of North Carolina warmed up in spite of frigid temperatures by the entry into the race of candidates num ber five and six. Thomas E. Coper, mayor of Wilmington, was candidate num ber five to announce. As a plat form, the genial mayor who served a term in the pen for vio lation of banking laws, said that he would run on the “Golden Rule”. Paul D. Grady, of Kenly, was candidate number six. He is ad vocating a state-wide referendum on liquor and repeal of the three percent sales tax. Willis Smith, of Raleigh, is ex pected to be the seventh *to an nounce. The largest number in the Democratic field in the state before this year was four. Governor Hoey, holding his first press conference in almost a month, Monday recommended that the state Democratic conven tion be held earlier than usual, so that North Carolina might have “some influential say” in the nomination of presidential and vice-presidential candidates. In the past the state Democra tic convention usually has been held only a few days before the national convention and Gov. Hoey said, has “merely rubber stamped national policies and candidates”. He suggested that the state meeting be held sometime in May, before the Democratic pri mary, May 25. . The state Democratic executive committee will meet in Raleigh tomorrow night and will fix a date for the convention. Ira T. Johnston, a member of the com mittee from Ashe and Floyd Crouse, of Sparta, are planning to attend the meeting. It is highly probable that the committee will endorse Gov. Hoey as an candidate for presi dent. Plans for the Republican state convention will be announced soon. GREER INFANT BURIED ON MON. AFTERNOON Rena L. Greer, infant daugh ter of Mr. qnd Mrs. Cruso Greer, w>as found dead in bed at the home of her parents on Sunday morning. Funeral service was held at the home on Monday afternoon and burial followed in the family cemetery. In addition to the pa rents, one brother, Kyle D. Greer, survives. WARNS MOTORISTS TO REPORT ACCIDENTS State highway patrolman W. C. Thomas, this week issued a warning to all motorist to re port accidents. He pointed out that accord ing to the law, all traffic acci dents in which individuals re ceive personal injury, or there is property damaged to the ex tent of $lO, or more, must be reported within twenty-four hours after they take place. Those which occur within the city limits should be re ported to the chief of police, and those outside the city li mits to the state highway pa trolmen. Mr. Thomas pointed out that it was an offense not to report such accidents and urged that everyone do so. He said that it had come to his attention recently that a number of mi nor accidents had not been re. ported. Molanii post $1.50 a Year Out of County Finns Waiting to Greet the Reds jsW. •• • ?- •a * y \ '4 few ' fe ‘» . | - FINLAND . . . Finnish troops with an anti-tank gun, draped in white and waiting for the Reds on the front recently. The Finns have disabled many Russian tanks with their gun fire and have captured large quantities of military supplies from routed Soviet troops. Passed by Finnish censor. Dough ton Changes His Mind And Decides To Run Again Rotary Club To Sponsor Debating Contests Again Details to Be Worked Out by Committee. Fleetwood Won Last Year. Through the co-operation of the principals, the Jeffersons Rotary Club will sponsor a debating con test aagin this year for the Ashe county high schools. „ A committee, composed of Supt. J. B. Hash, chairman, A. B. Hurt, Gwyn Price, Gwyn Garpbill and Levern Johnson has been ap pointed to meet with a commit tee of principals and work out complete details, including a sub ject. This week Supt. Hash issued a request for eech high school principal to suggest at least one subject. All nine high schools in the county are expected to enter the contest and to be represented by both an affirmative and negative team.* Medals will be given to the four debaters who participate in the finals and a loving cup will go to the school represented by the winning team. A great deal of interest was shown in the contest last year. In the finals Fleetwood' won out over the Elkland debaters. Garmon Freed In Theft Case Because no representative of the Melvin H. Burgess construc tion company appeared in court last Thursday to prosecute W. E. Garmon, former employee of the company, charged with stealing tools from the Burgess office be fore it closed recently, the case was nol prossed by Squire A. F. Rose. Warrants for the plaintiff have been issued, asking him to show cause as to why no appearance was made and thus putting the county to some expense. Garmon, said to be from Ala bama, was released from the Ashe county jail where he has been since he was arrested in another section of the state a few days before Christmas. The case against Carl Ellis, charged with driving a Healing Springs school bus without a drivers’ license, was continued until Saturday of this week. MILLARD P. GREEN OF TODD DIED SAT. Funeral service for Millard Parsons Green, of Todd, who died on Saturday, was held Sunday afternoon, at the home and burial followed at the Big Flat Baptist church, with Charlie Howell in charge. The deceased, who was 19 years old at the time of his death, was a native of Wilkes county. He is the son of the late Albert Green, and Mrs. Lqu Walker Green. In addition to his mother, he is sur vived by three sisters. WEST JEFFERSON, N. C. THURSDAY, FEB. 1, 1940 SI.OO a'Year In Ashe County Yields to Public Mandate In District And State To Seek Re-Election. Yielding to pressure from per sonal and political friends but acting contrary to his own de sire and that of his family, Rep resentative Robert L. Doughton announced last Saturday he would again be a candidate or Congress, reversing the decision tc retire at the end of his present term. The ways and means chairman on Friday changed his mind af ter listening all day to the pleas of Democratic leaders from his district who went to Washington in a body. Since his retirement announcement he has been bom barded with letters and telegrams from all over North Carolina pleading with him to remain in Congress and retain the prestige of his high position for the state. In addition to this he has been urged to serve at least another term by high administration of ficials and state political leaders. Former Governor O. Max Gard ner and Representative Lon Fol ger, North Carolina Democratic committeemen, were amdhg those who held lengthy conferences with the veteran House member. Consulted Physician Before deciding to offer for re election, Doughton talked with members of his family and also consulted with his physician. This is cne time the North Caro linian really wanted to retire and he was a forlorn figure as he grappled between his own per sonal desire to retire and that of his friends to stay in Congress. Having reached his decision to remain in Congress, the congress man appeared in better spirits and left no doubt he intends to give to his work, as in the past, all the vigor at his command. “I was told again and again that I would be deserting those who have conferred upon me for so many years the«honor of serv in them in Congress,” Doughton said to the small group of news papermen he had summoned to his office. “I would rather be ac cused of anything else than in gratitude. I don’t like to change a decision once made, but know what has been happening since my statement the other day. I promised the delegation here yes terday I would announce my de cision today, boys, and here it is.” Doughton’s Statement “Upon the publication of my decision to retire from Congress at the end of the present term, a stream of letters, telegrams, tele phone calls and petitions came to me from every part of our dis trict strongly urging a reconsid eration. These messages, while touching me deeply, did not sway me from my position taken in my original announcement. To them I replied that I felt my determi nation to be proper and fully justified and that I hoped and trusted that the people of the district would understand my situation and therefore concur in my decision. “To my surprise and embar rassment the appeals, instead of diminishing, have progressively increased in both force and vol ume until literally thousands of (Continued on Page Eight) Alleghany County Woman Is Found Frozen To Death Body of Miss Martha Atwood. Os Stratford, Found In Snow Near Home. OTHER NEWS ITEMS By G. GLENN NICHOLS Staff Correspondent Miss Martha Atwood, of Strat ford, was found frozen on the snow near her home Saturday morning. She had been to Sparta, appar ently in good health and had al most reached her home. She got out of a car about a quarter of a mile from her home and started to walk lb the house. In making an investigation it was said that she had stopped three or four times and at one point she had left some bundles she was car rying. It is believed that she had a heart attack that caused her to become unable to continue walking. The funeral was conducted from Antioch church Monday by Elders S. G. Caudill and Walter Evans in the presence of a very large congregation. She is survived by her father and mother and one sister, Mrs. Carie Napier and five brothers: Frank, Mack, Will, Kilby and Buster. Mrs. J. W. Maines Dies Mrs. J. W. Maines, age 88 ,of route two, died at her home last week. She was well known and her many friends mourn her pas sing. The funeral was conducted at the home by Rev. W. H. Handy and interment in the family cem etery. Pneumonia Fatal To Mrs. Miller Funeral service for Mrs. Ida Miller, wife of L. Alonzo Miller, of Husk, was held on Sunday, fol lowing her death which occured on Saturday, as the result of pneumonia. Service was held at Pond Mountain and burial fol lowed in the Pond Mountain cem etery. The deceased who was 31 years old at the time of her death, was a native of this county. She was the daughter of James and Jane Perry Taylor. In addition to her husband she is survived by her parents; one brother, Roscoe Tay lor; a sister, Mrs. Leonard Goss. Dr. King Issues Another Request All children under school age and over six months old should be immunized against diphtheria immediately to comply with the requirements of the new state law, Dr. Robert King, health of ficer, again stated this week. “This is a fine law and I hope all parents will see that their children are vaccinated either by their family physician or here at the health office,” he said. President’s Ball Expected To Attract Many Sat. Night Plans are now complete for 1940’s second big President’s Birthday Ball to be held here on Saturday night at the communi-. ty club house, the proceeds of which will go to aid in the fight againgf the dreaded disease, in fantile paralysis. Wilmer Hess and his nine-piece orchestra, which played for the first ball, have been engaged to furnish the music for the second affair. Around $25 was cleared from the ball held in the com munity building Jan. 20. A portion of the funds raised will go to the National Founda tion, a research organization in terested in determining the cause of the malady, 'and to hospitals throughout the country. Another portion will remain in Ashe coun ty to be used to aid under-privi leged crippled children here. In cooperation with the “March of Dimes” campaign now under way in the United States, the lo- j Faith, Hope, Charity and Unnamed Boy x' \ ''' 4J v '' <■ c ’ I | '' ' ' **' <' z ', ' ' . ' 0181-1 : 11 .SW j- ♦ • Si JASPER, Ala. . . Each of the Short quadruplets, born to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Short near here on Jan. 15, wear a little cap as they lie in bed at the local hospital. Left to right they are the boy, so far unnamed, and three girls, Faith, Hope and Chanty. King Winter Releases His Tight Grip; Schools Opened Howell Indicted • In Thomas Death Joseph Thomas Died Fri. As Result of Injuries Sus tained In Accident. Slick highways, resulting from winter weather claimed their first victim -of the year, in Ashe county, on Friday, when Joseph Thomas, 59-year-old colored man of Lansing died in the Wilkes hospital following injuries which he received Jan. 17, near Lansing while riding with Roger Denton Howell. Howell, 28-year-old white man of the Lansing community was indicted for manslaughter, upon the death of Thompson, and fail ure to report the accident when it happened, and is now under a SSOO bond, pending a hearing be fore Judge H. C. Tucker, Satur day afternoon. The accident occurred a short distance from Lansing when the car driven by Howell turned over and Thomas received a crushed hip. He was taken to the Wilkes hospital for treatment, but did not recover. Funeral service was held Mon day at the home and burial fol lowed in a nearby cemetery. No Serious Auto Wrecks Reported Only two automobile accidents occurred in Ashe county during the past week of snow and ice, according to reports made here yesterday. Ted Caudill, of Smethport and Earl Hartsog, of Warrensville, narrowly escaped serious injury last Sunday when their car skid ded and plunged over a high em bankment near Clifton. Neither of them were hurt, it was re-' ported, but the car was badly damaged. Glenn Taylor, Laurel Springs rural mail carrier, lost control of his car on an icy section of his route and turned over, but was not injured. cal committee reports that small containers for dimes have been placed in stores and other public 1 places enabling everyone to con tribute to the cause. Drives are also being made in the schools. The campaign has met the hearty general approval of churchmen throughout the na tion. Religious leaders have been unanimous in declaring that the purpose of this humanitarian drive goes hand in hand with the spiritual faiths which they hold. Infantile paralysis Was dis covered 100 years ago, but is be lieved to have been prevelent be fore that. Only in recent years have the people of this country banded together in a national movement to combat the myster ious malady. The dance is scheduled to be gin at 9 o’clock. Interest in the previous ball indicated that there will be a large attendance at the i second affair. Highways Are Cleared. Mer cury Dropped to -3. Oth er Sections Worse The icy and frigid grip which king winter has held over Ashe county and most of the southern states for over a week, was re laxed considerably yesterday as the warm rays of old sol started pushing the mercury back up and melting snow and ice. Continued rising temperatures were forecast yesterday by wea ther bureaus and it is believed that the severe weather which wes featured during the entire month of January, will be inter rupted for at least a short time in February. Since last Tuesday, a week ago, the highway forces in Ashe have been working valiantly try ing to clear snow drifts and ice off of the highways Approxi mately 200 men and four snow plows have been used. Snow drifts, varying in depth from 6 to 24 feet, were r?ported. Tuesday afternoon Capt. Geo. Doggett stated that all school bus routes in the county were open and in good condition. Yes terday the highway forces con centrated on clearing mail routes. Schools Now Open The West Jefferson high school and a number of other schools in the county opened Monday and all others were reported as being open yesterday morning. Attendance yesterday was said to be fairly good in spite of the epidemic of colds and flu caused by the abnormally bad weather conditions. Contrary to most all former experiences, the snow fall in this mountain section, as well as the temperature was not as deep or as cold as in all neighboring sec tions of lower altitudes. Down state and throughout most of Virginia the snowfall was several inches deeper than in Ashe. The lowest official read ing in Jefferson was 3 below, which was recorded Monday morning, while North Wilkesboro reported a low reading of 10 be low, Abingdon 8 below, Charlotte 5 below, Winston-Salem 10 below and so on. The driver of Vannoy’s transfer truck, who left for Philadelphia last Saturday afternoon with a load of poultry, returned Tues day night. He declared that the highways practically all of the way there and back were coated with ice. “It was dangerous driving and about the hardest trip I ever made,” he commented. Snow and cold wave extended far down in Florida and as a re sult, prices on green vegetables soared to new heights this week. Local merchants said that their business suffered greatly during the past ten days. “We haven’t taken in enough money the past three days to pay for fuel and lights,” one merchant declared. With the opening up of highways and the rising temperature, they are now looking forward to a re newal of activity this week end. A large percentage of water pipes here froze up and there was quite a scarcity of water for sev eral days. Several motorists said high way in Ashe were clearer of snow than in many sections of the state. BEUEVE-IT-OR-NOT The Skyland Post is the only paper in North Carolina having an audited circulation of over three times the total population of the town in which it is pub lished. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Meeting Will Be Held Next Thurs. At Court House Ashe Farm Agent’s Office Is Sponsoring Movement. All Growers Invited. A meeting z of all sheep grow ers in Ashe county will be held next Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the courthouse, County Agent C. J. Rich announced yes terday. s The purpose of the meeting is to discuss plans for organizing a Sheep Growers Association which will have a two-fold program of promoting the raising and sale of lambs and wool and the protec tion of the animals against dogs. L. I. Case, extension livestock specialist at State College, is ex pected to be present and take part in the discussion. In connection with the protec tive feature, it was explained that through such an organization insurance against loss of animals by dogs can be provided. Mr. Quessenberry, assistant county agent, said there are a number of sheep growers asso ciations in the state of Kentucky. There are around 900 sheep growers in Ashe county and all of them are urged to attend the meeting next Thursday. During recent years the raising of sheep in Ashe has gradually declined and it is believed that such an association can stimulate more interest in raising sheep. If sufficient interest is shown, the proposed organization will be perfected at the initial meeting. Spencer Rites To Be Held Fri. Grassy Creek Man Succumbs to Pneumonia At The Age Os 94. Funeral service will be held ! Friday morning at the home, at 11 o’clock for Granville H. Spen cer, well known Grassy Creek man who died Tuesday, fuom pneumonia, at the age of 94. Bur i ial will take place in the fami ■ ly cemetery. Revs. James Starling and Ed gar Denney will conduct the ser vice. The deceased who was engaged in farming for many years is survived by his wife and the fol lowing sons and daughters: Mil- I lard Spencer, Volney, Va.; Mrs. Steve Sexton, Grassy Creek; Joe Spencer, Mayberry, W. Va.; Delch Spencer, Grassy Creek; G. A. Spencer, Aberdeen, Md.; Les ter Spencer, Rock, Md. i Funeral Today For Irma Mae Miller Funeral service will be held this morning at eleven o’clock at the Tuckerdale church for Irma Mae Miller, 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller of Tuckerdale, who died on Wednes day following a heart attack. Revs. Eli Graham and Don Hart will be in charge of the service. Interment will take place in the Tuckerdale cemetery. In addition to her parents, the deceased is survived by the fol j lowing brothers’ Ruby, Alma, I Glen and Leroy Miller and Mrs. I R. Darnell. rar i ■ UOUTH CAN'T AFFORD TO sm:le at Waged cuz a: POP T/fAE HANDS OUT A Fu'LL year to th' young "JELL AS TH'OLD.
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