■■ -l< > PBESS RUN 4,000 Net Paid »' F *? ?tt jgs^: Here is a typical scene on Railroad street showing the large amount of extract wood being brought here by truck to be shipped out by rail. It is estimated that 100 carloads have been shipped out of West Jefferson since January 1. (Staff Photo). $3.00 a Year Out of County Also Introduces Measure to Prohibit Sale on Wine arid Beer in County Ashe county’s representative, J. O. Blevins introduced two bills in the legislature on Friday. House Bill 266 would repeal the law relative to the issuance of bonds in Ashe county. House Bill 267 prohibits the sale of wine and beer in Ashe county. The first bill. 266 would repeal the 1933 law which made it im possible for Ashe, even through a vote of it’s citizens to incur any appreciable debt. This policy was adopted during depression days because of the financial condi tion of the county. Ashe has one of the smallest amounts of taxable property in North Carolina. In 1933. a sta (Continued On Page 4) Hershel Francis Dies Suddenly Funeral service for Hershel Francis, 24. of Grassy Creek, was held at his home Sunday morn ing. Burial followed in the fam ily cemetery with Revs. Carl Stur gill and Mr. Powers, oficiating. Mr. Francis succumbed in the Black Mountain Sanatorium last Thursday after a sudden illness. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Francis, he is survived by his par ■>ts and wife, and one son. Har vey Francis. ASHE COUNTY IS ... Leading Livestock and Datrj | County In North Carolina. | Population: 22,664 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Will Meet Friday To Discuss Plans For Operations Federal Funds Allotted For Project Will Be Exhaust ed By March 1 Ashe county children as well as any others may be eating cold biscuits at noontime instead of the usual appetizing hot lunches served in the school lunchrooms, if some plans are not worked out to continue the present system, by the end of this month. B. H. Duncan, county superin tendent of schools, along with others in the State, has received an announcement from the State office pointing out that because of the limited allotment for lunch rooms and the greatly increased number of lunches served, there will not be sufficient funds in the present allotment to continue the program after the end of this month. Superintendent Duncan has called a meeting of all school principals and operators of school lunchrooms for Friday afternoon at 2:00 p. m. at the courthouse to discuss plans for continuance. The State office has suggested various plans for continued op eration including the raising of prices and the cutting down of the number of school lunches served. There are now 17 schools in the county operating lunch ! rooms. And figures show that there are around 2400 meals i served daily including 400 free, i “I hope that some plans can be worked out to continue the pro gram throughout the year,” Mr. Duncan said. Jefferson Boys . Defeat V'C Tues. V. Girls Win; Nathan’s Creek Girls And Lansing Boys Victorious On Tuesday night, Jefferson split honors with Virginia-Caro lina on the Jefferson court with the V-C girls winning by a mar gin of 32-26. The Jefferson boys, however, handed V-C a defeat of 58-37. Rash was high scorer for Jefferson with 20 points. Brown scored 13 points for V-C. Nathan’s Creek and Lansing also split honors on the West Jefferson court when Nathan’s Creek girls were victorious by a score of 21-20. Lansing boys de feated Nathan’s Creek by a mar gin of 30-26. The West Jefferson-Riverview game was postponed. The game was played last night but results were not available in time for publication. No report was given cn the Healing Springs-Fleetwood game. The schedule for next Tuesday night is as follows: Nathan's Creek at W. Jefferson. Riverview at Elkland. Jefferson at Fleetwood. Lansing at Virginia-Carolina. BILL ASHLEY HAS POSITION AT TRYON Bill Ashley, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Ashley, of Warrensville, recently completed h’s studies at Cecil's Business college, Ashe ville. He now holds a bookkeeping and secretarial position at the Pinecrest Inn. Tryon Dan . Miller To Be Buried Today • Funeral service for Dan Witt Miller. 30. of Laurel Springs, will be held this afternoon at two o'clock at the Peak Creek church. Rev. J W. Luke will officiate and interment will be in the family cemetery. Mr. Miller succumbed in the Baptist hospital in Winston-Sal em Monday after a brief illness. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Miller, and the following brothers and sis ters: Mrs. Bert Miller, of Rex burg. Idaho: Mrs. Clark Blevins, of Laurel Springs: Mrs. Dovie Woodie, of Landis: Mrs Joan Miller, of Nathan's Creek: Mrs. Herman Alexander, of Landis; Nancv Miller, of Laurel Springs; C. J. Miller, of Petersburg. Va.; and Tom C Miller, of N. Wilkes boro.