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Ashe County
VOLUME 17, NO. 50
Land Company Makes Move To Recover Streets
Production Os
Turkish Leaf To
Be Increased
Around 70 Farmers In Ashe
And Alleghany Expected To
Take Part In Program
Due to the initial success of
the Turkish Tobacco experiments
in Ashe and Alleghany counties,
1947 should find a big increase in
its production with around 70
farmers taking part in the pro
gram, John Wilkins, agronomist
specialist of the Extension Div
ision of State College, who is in
charge of the project announced,
yesterday.
Mr. Wilkins said that farmers
were being signed up now and
that a list of those participating
would be announced at an early
date. “We expect to have about
double the number of those of
last year,” he declared.
This year will mark the third
1 year of the project. In addition to
Ashe and Alleghany it is also be
ing carried one in several other
counties including Caldwell and
Haywood.
The crop in 1946 showed an
improvement over the first year
Mr. Wilkins said this improve
ment was attributed to more fav
orable weather conditions and to
increased knowledge of the crop.
Club Is To Hear
Grant Bauguess
Wil! Speak On His Work In
Japan; To Show Travel
Slides Also
Grant Bauguess, Ashe county
attorney, who only recently has
received his discharge from the
U. S. Army will be the speaker
at the regular meeting of the Jef
fersons Rotary club tonight.
Mr. Bauguess, who served as
a captain in the Pacific theatre,
will speak on the work he did in
Japan while serving there and
will show slides in regard to his
, assignments and travels. L. P.
1 Colvard will be in charge of the
' program.
* The regular meeting was not
* held last week due to the ob
servance of the Christmas holi
days. Members are especially urg
ed to be present at the first meet
ing for the new year.
Four new members recently
joined the club. They are, John
Wilkins, J. V. Caudill, J. H.
Payne and J. E. Bradshaw.
Baptist School
To Begin Monday
The school for Baptist min
isters and church workers will
be conducted in the following
churches, to begin Monday at
West Jefferson Baptist church,
V Tuesday at Bristol church, Wed
nesday at Grassy Creek, Thurs
'aday at Phoenix, Friday at Mission
V- Home.
■ The school is being conducted
in different places for the benefit
of ministers and workers in the
different sections of the county.
Those to be on the program
will be Rev. Howard Ford, of
Elkin, and Rev. J. C. Pipes, of
Asheville. A number of min
isters in the association will also
take part on the program.
* The churches will serve lunch
each day. The public is cordially
invited to attend each service
and ministers and workers of the
church are especially urged to
attend.
Winchester To
Assist Veterans
Jack C. Winchester, assistant
State Service officer, will be at
the community building here on
Thursday, January 16, from 11:00
a. m. to 5:00 p. m., it w’as an
nounced here this week.
Mr. Winchester will be pre
pared to help in making applica
tion for on-the-job training,
widows pensions, back pay, ter
minal leave pay, compensation
| claim for veterans and many
I other items pertaining to veterans
I and dependents, it was explain
ed.
This service will be given free.
vThe BnlQiit) stet
$2.50 a Year in Ashe County
New Year Brings
More Cold Weather,
Highways Are Icy
ROTARY SPEAKER
Grant Bauguess, Jefferson
attorney, who recently return
ed after several months of
service in Japan will speak
to the Rotary Club this even
ing
Ashe County Tax
Listers Are To
Meet On Monday
H. H. Burgess it Sun-visor;
Some Listers Are Still To
Be Secured
H. H. Burgess, Ashe county tax
supervisor, announced that he
would meet with the listers of
the various townships on Mon
day, at the courthouse, in order
to give instructions and to dis
tribute blanks so that the listing
might start immediately.
Mr. Burgess pointed out that
there were still some listers to
be named and that as soon as
they had been secured their
names would be announced.
Due to the fact that some listers
have not been named there may
be some slight delay in listing
in some of the townships, it was
explained.
Goodman Resigns
As Game Warden
Harve T. Goodman, who has
served as game warden and pro
tector for the past 12 years has
resigned effective January 1, be
cause of his farming duties.
“I want to thank my many fri
ends and particularly all hunters
and sportsmen for the splendid
cooperation they have given me
in my work,” he said.
A successor is expected to be
named to Mr. Goodman in the
near future.
Atomic Control First Step Os
U. N. In Disarmament Program
Lake Success, N. Y.—The U
' nited States Tuesday called for
United Nations action on atomic
control as the first step in the
general arms reduction program
recommended by the General As
sembly.
The American proposal was laid
before the Security Council by
U. S. Delegate Herschel V. John
son in a surprise move, which
collided head-on with a Russian
demand for immediate action on
the whole arms question.
An immediate clash was avert
ed when the delegates agreed to
take up both proposals at the
next council meeting, probably
Monday or Tuesday, when it will
begin discussions on the assemb
ly’s resolution and any measures
to implement it.
Johnson opened yesterday’s
two-hour session by proposing
that action be postponed on the
Soviet proposals, which had been
submitted to Secretary-General
Trygve Lie last Saturday and
were on the provisional agenda.
He announced that the United
Schools Closed; Bus Sche
dules Are Curtailed; Travel
Is Light
1947 was ushered in with sleet
and cold rain yesterday. With the
mercury at an uricomfortable low
level, ice-covered highways and
the sleet-covered wind shields
made travel hazardous.
As far as it could be learned
most school buses were sent on
return trips soon after their ar
rival, so that children could get
to their homes in safety. Schools
were closed for the day. with the
understanding that they would
be reopened today if the weather
and the condition of the high
ways made it advisable.
Parkway bus schedules were
also curtailed.
Most of the business houses
w r ere open, but with little trade,
due to the weather and were busy
completing inventories.
A number of smaller parties
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Many Wartime
Laws Are Killed
By President
Truman Proclaims An End To
Hostilities Os World War
II As Year Ends
Washington President Tru
man proclaimed an end to the
hostilities of World War II Tues
day, cancelling immediately a
score of statutes which restricted
the lives and liberties of the peo
ple.
His supr is e proclamation,
cheered even by his political foes
in the new Republican-controlled
Congress as “a milestone on the
way to peace,” became effective
at noon, e.s.t.
Its most important immediate
effect was to end the Govern
ment’s power to seize industrial
facilities threatened by a strike
which might imperil the nation’s
welfare or security.
But to millions of tax-weary
consumers it held out hope of
lightening of their wartime tax
load by mid-year. Unless Con
gress acts to the contrary, excise
taxes on 24 items will be lowered
to April 1943 levels on July 1, in
cluding the Federal levies on
liquor, furs and jewelry.
Also affected is the wartime
statute of limitations for persons
involved in the Pearl Harbor dis
aster. Thus, Lieut. Gen. Walter C.
Short and Rear Adm. Husband E.
Kimmel, army and navy com
manders at the Hawaiian base
when the Japanese struck on Dec.
7, 1941, could not be prosecuted
after June 30.
The draft law and the sugar
and rent control programs are not
affected.
States had proposals of its own
and said he felt that the council
should “consider all such pro
posals on an equal basis rather
than give priority to any one.”
Gromyko Agrees to Postponement
Soviet Delegate Andrei A.
Gromyko said that in his view
the assembly's resolution “obliged
the Security Council to proceed
immediately'’ to implement the
assembly program approved Dec.
14, but added:
“If some members feel that
there should be a postponement,
I shall not object.”
The U. S. resolution was then
circulated among the delegates. It
proposed:
1. That the council give “first
priority to the establishment of
international control over atomic
energy.”
2. That after the council had
studied the recommendations
adopted Monday by the Atomic
Energy Commission it should con
sider “what further practical
measures it should take and in
what wder of priority.
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C., THURSDAY JAN. 2, 1947 $3.00 a Year Out of County
A Happy New Year To Everyone , Everywhere
Arrival Os New
Year Is Marked
With Celebration
Governor Cherry Says North
Carolina Faces Frighten
ing Aftermath
As the New Year came into
being, its arrival was greeted
with celebration unrivalled since
the early twenties. Most every
one appeared happy that 1J46
was over.
Behind lay a road littered with
the debris of war and reconver
sion, strikes and disasters, vio
lence, tragedy and needless deaths
—34.000 on the nation’s highways
alone.
Ahead lay the promise and re
solve of peace and better things.
Just 12 hours before the new
year, President Truman officially
ended the period of hostilities of
World War 11, erasing from the
statute books 18 wartime laws.
Night clubs and other enter
tainment spots filled early and
prices soared for refreshments
of all kinds.
In New York, Police Commis
sioner Arthur Wallender assigned
1,684 policemen to handle the mil
lion celebrants that thronged
Times Square from 42nd to 47th
Streets. The five boroughs of New'
York called 12,750 policemen to
duty, representing 75 per cent of
the entire forces.
Los Angeles put its entire force
of 3,190 officers to work in an at
tempt to prevent a repetition of
the wholesale traffic accidents on
Christmas Eve.
In a broadcast New Year’s
message, Governor Cherry said
last night that after a full year
of peace “we face the rather
frightening aftermath of a great
war.”
“We stand at the turning point
for a new era,” he added. “If we
keep our heads and follow the
rules—the golden rule as well as
others—we can and will obtain
the happiness for which our North
Carolina progress was designed.
“While this past year has been
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Boone Tobacco
Mart Open Mon.
Sales in the tobacco ware
houses at Boone will begin a
gain Monday after having been
closed for the holidays. The
warehouses are now receiving to
bacco and will be ready to sell
it next week.
The Farmers Burley Ware
house. Inc. will begin sales on
Monday and warehouses no I
and II of the Mountain Burley
Warehouse will begin on Tues
day and Wednesday.
Ashe farmers who sold their
tobacco there report that they are
well pleased with prices for the
better grades.
INTERNES IN RALEIGH
Dr. C. E. (Johnny) Miller left
Wednesday for Raleigh where he
plans to interne at Rew hospital.
Work Clothing Company Is
Again Considering Local Site;
Officials Visit West Jefferson
Horse And Mule
Clinic To Open
O n January 1 6
All Farmers Are Urged To
- Have Work Stock Examin
ed By Veterinarians
H. D. Quessenberry, county
agent, announced yesterday that
the schedule had been worked
out for the series of horse and
mule clinics for the county, for
this month, and that the first be
held Thursday, January 16.
The schedule for Thursday,
January 16, is as follows: 9:00 a.
m. to 10:00 a. m., Test Farm.
Transou; 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.
m., Paul Reeves, Laurel Springs;
12:00 noon to 1:00 p. m., Grady
Fletcher, Nathan’s Creek; 2:30 p.
m. to 3:00 p. m., Curn Dixon,
Cranberry road; 4:00 p. m. to
4:30 p. m., V. O. Waddell, Scott
ville.
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1946 Is Banner
Year For Babies
The year, which just ended
has been a banner year for new’
babies in this county. The Ashe
county hospital reports that 321
were born there during the year.
Physicians and midwives report
many more were born in homes.
As far as it could be learned
late yesterday, none were re
ported on New Year’s Day.
Uncle Sam Is Santa To Ashe County Man
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Benjamin Harrison, veteran of World War 11, who lost
a leg in the European Theatre of War is happy over his
now Chevrolet, which he received just before Christmas
from Uncle Sam. At the extreme right is A. B. Graybeal Jr.,
general manager of the G. F. P. Chevrolet company, from
which the gift car was delivered. As far as it is known
Harrison is the first amputee veteran in the county to re
ceive one of these gift cars.
Available Buildings Are Sur
veyed For High Point
Overall Plant
Some officials of the High
Point overall company were here
again last week making a survey
of available buildings with the
possibilities of opening a branch
plant, it is understood.
While no definite commitments
were made, those who talked with
representatives of the High Point
work clothing company, pointed
out that they showed much in
terest.
This is one of the concerns,
that demonstrated much interest
last summer, when a labor sur
vey was made, showing that there
was plenty of available labor
for such an industry. The re
striction on building material
last year was one of the draw
backs, it is understood.
Few Accidents
Are Reported
Inspite of the ice-covered high
ways yesterday, no serious ac
cidents were reported. Few peo
ple were on the highways, how
ever.
A Parkway bus slid in a side
ditch near the Jumping Off Point,
Highway Patrolman Dave Hous
ton reported. A few cars were
also seen on the side of the high
ways, no injuries were reported,
however. Because of the con
stant sleet covering windshields,
automobile supply places report
ed a sharpe demand for electric
defrosters.
ASHE COUNTY IS ...
i Leading Livestock and Dairy
I County In North Carolina.
i ‘ Population: 22,664
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Files Answer To
Suits Regarding
Park Property
Counterclaim Asks For $25,-
000.00 For Streets And
Alleys
In an answer filed by the land
company, T. C. Bowie, E. O.
Woodie and T. C. Bowie, Jr., re
garding the suit of the town of
West Jefferson to recover the
property commonly known as the
ball park, on the hill above the
railroad station, the defendants
not only lay claim to this, but the
streets and alleys of the town
as well, and ask for $25,000.00 in
counterclaim for them.
In the conclusion of the lenghty
answer the following is stated:
“Wherefore, the defendants
pray that the plaintiff be enjoined
from employing as evidence in
this suit the two purported maps
or plats hereinbefore mentioned,
and that the same be expunged
from the public records of Ashe
county, and further that the de
fendants be declared the owners
.in fee of the lands described in
the complaint free and clear of
any claims of ti e plaintift, and
that they recover of the plaintiff
the sum of $25,000.00 upon the
counterclaim herein plead
that they go without day and re
cover their costs, and have such,
other and further relief as they
may be entitled to.”
The maps referred to are those
in possession of the town show
ing the plot of land in question
as a public park, it was explained
by town officials. These maps
and other information were pre
sented at a public hearing of
citizens of West Jefferson som*
time ago
Town officials said they hoped*
to have the case placed on the
calendar for the first term of
civil court this year.
Church Program
To Be Given Sun,
Double Feature Picture. “Wo
men of the Bible” To
Be Presented
A special visual program will
be presented at the West Jeffer
son Baptist church on Sunday
night at 7:30, it was announced
here this week.
A double feature picture will
be presented on the “Women of
the Bible.” This program is de
dicated to the women of the
church and especially to the two
ladies’ societies.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this program.
A new series of dramatic pro
-1 grams, entitled “All Aboard for
Adventure.” is being broadcast
on Saturday on many radio sta
tions under the sponsorship of
the Woman’s Missionary Union
of the Southern Baptist Con
vention. The program can be
heard on stations WWNC, 2:45
p. m.; WBT, 4:15 p. m.; WPTF,
11:15 a. m. and WSJS, 2.45 p. m,
beginning on January 4.
SGT. J. W. STAMPER
COMPLETES TRAINING
.—
Sgt. John W. Stamper, of Lans
ing, qualified as a U. S Army
paratrooper on November I after
completing five jumps from an
airplane while in flight at the
11th Airborne division jump
school. Sendai. Japan, it was
learned here this week.
On a flight at Sendai, of which
Sgt. Stamper was leader. h< dis
covered that tour of the others
were from North Carolina.
Mrs. F. (\ ou
Appears On Radio
Mrs F. G Young, of Gettys
burg, Pa., and formerly of Gras
sy Creek, appeared on Tom
Breneman’s Breakfast in Holly
wood radio program on Tuesday
morning.
She received the orchid for be
ing the oldest person in the audi
ence. She is eighty four and one
half years old.
Mrs. Young recently flew to
California, where she is visiting
her son. Rush Young, in San
Diego. She is the grandmother of
Mrs. Burl Vannoy, of West Jef
ferson.