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VOLUME 18, NO. 19
SUPERIOR COURT ENDED MONDAY
Signing Os Farm Plans Is Now Suspended In County
Proposed Cut
Means Big Loss
To Ashe Fanners
Messages Sent To Congress
men And Senators Urg
ing Program Be Kept
Ashe county farmers, along
with others throughout the State
and nation, are facing a tremen
dous loss, provided the pro
posed cut in the agriculture bud
get becomes effective. In the face
of the situation the signing of all.
farm plans for this year was sus-1
pended by the AAA office, on!
Monday morning pending further
, notice.
1 ’ Cards are being mailed out to
the farmers by the AAA office
stating the action of the house
appropriation committee which
would cut the budget from $3Ol,
720.000 to $165,614,290 or about
45 per cent.
This would cut the 3900 farm
ers ui Asne county participating
in tne program, tms year, from
$-to,uuu to S>oO.UUO.
The local AAA office has been
notified to cancel all purchase
oraers m the hands of farmers
and vendors in case of material ’
and seed and to issue no notice
of minimum assistance for farm !
allowance until further notice, i
Because of the tremendous
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W. J. Band Will
Play On Sunday i
Would Like Some Advance 1
Notice Before Being Ask
ed To Play
Mrs. Lorene Perkins Dickson, !
director of the West Jefferson j
high school band announced this]
week that the group would play!
at the Trinity Methodist church |
on Sunday evening from eight '
until nine o’clock. Previous to;
that they will be served a picnic,
supper by Mr. and Mrs. Dickson.
Tht band gave a program over
the Gak.x radio station last week,
which was apparently well re- !
ceivod. judging by the number i
of letters and tel phone calls I
received, Mrs. Dickson said. j
She pointed out that the band
would be glad to play for any
worthwhile public performance
provided the invitation was ex
tended in time. “We would like
a notice of three weeks,” she
declared. She explained that be
cause of the fact that during the
summer months the children are
scattered, it was impossible to
play on short notice. “I regret
ted not being able to play for
the memorial service Sunday
but did not receive the invitation
until a few days before, which
was too late.” she explained.
‘"When we can co-operate, we are
happy to do so,” she declared.
Rev. B. H. Price
To Speak Sunday
Rev. Bruce H. Price will be
the guest speaker on the Bap
tist hour. Sunday. .Tunc 1 at 8:30
c S t. when h’s tonic will be
“Christ in the Home.”
Rev. Mr. Pi” n e. pastor of the
B°ech Street Dentist church of
Texarkana, Arkansas, ’s sneak
ing in the series of sermons
Th--' Christian Home.
Ho will b» hea’d owr stations
WWC, WSOC. WPTF and
WSJS.
To Sell School
Bus Equipment
A for th° nurpos.- < se 1 !-
jn<r old school bo=o s and eouin
w;ii held at the Ashe
cnnnfv garage o n Jtme 10 at ton
o’clock. B. H. Dunean, county
school sunermtendent. announc
ed this week. Included in tbo
sale will h- n™ 1935, two 1936
and one 1937 Ford as well as
< ! over' 1 l old tires and some junk,
Mr. Duncan explained.
(The 'Post
$2.50 a Year in Ashe County
Two County Men
Are In Jail Charged
With Cattle Theft
OLDEST STUDENT
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. James George Nicklen, Jr.,
79, San Francisco, who is
studying at the San Francis
co Junior College. Nicklen is
believed to be the oldest col
lege student in the United
States.
A. R. Smith Will
Speak Saturday
To V-C Graduates
Eighth Grade Graduation
Planned For Tonight And
Jr. Play Friday
The last of the commencement
exercises will be held Saturday
morning at 10:00 o'clock when
the address will be delivered by-
Professor A. R. Smith of Ap
palachian State Teachers’ College.
Following this the members of the
graduating class will be awarded
their diplomas. Lois Waak is
valedictorian and Paul Paisley
salutatorian. The program will
be held in the Methodist church.
Tonight the eighth grade
graduation program will be held
at eight o’clock at the Methodist
church. At this time several
members of the class will give
readings.
Friday night at 8:00 o’clock the
junior class play, “Tiger House”
will be given in the gymnasium.
Last Friday afternoon the
grades gave the program which
consisted of a Mother Goose play,
a minuet, rose drill and a short
play, “Let The Wedding Bells
Ring.”
The Senior Class play, “The
Mummy and The Mumps” which
was presented last Friday was
attended by a large crowd.
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Mrs. J. L. Segraves Has Long
Record Os Service At Bank
■ Mrs. J. L. (Lilly A.) Segraves
assistant cashier of the First
■ national Bank, of West Jefferson, i
I who has rounded out more than
a quarter of a century of con- :
inuous service to this banking'
institution is a perfect example
f the fact that a woman may be
successful in many fields. For in
addition to making a name for
herself in the bank, she has also
I won recognition for her work in
I the Methodist church and at the
| same time has been a successful
; homemaker.
j Mrs. Segraves became associat
j ed with the bank, of which Mr
' Segraves is the cashier, in 1920.
During her twenty seven years
of service, she has seen the bank
grow from $75,000.00 to $3,500,-
000.00 as of January 1. this year.
- But more than that she has seen
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WEST JEFFERSON, N. C.
Several Warrants Are Issued
For Arthur And Ezekiel
Campbell
Two brothers of the Pond
Mountain section of Ashe county,
Arthur and Ezekiel Campbell,
sons of R. E. Campbell, landed in
jail last Friday, charged with a
rather unusual crime for this
section of the county, cattle
stealing. Bonds of the two youths
are set at $2,000.00 each with
preliminary hearings scheduled
to take place before Judge H. C.
Tucker, June 12.
Four separate warrants have
been issued charging the youths
with grand larceny *of around
seven head of cattle, from Lil
lard Hoosier, Roy Calhoun and
Earl Miller.
According to information re
ceived here some cattle owners
have been missing some of their
animals since May 15. The two
Campbell youths are reported to
I have sold some cattle at such a
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Con nt v Teacher
Allotment Cu t
From 179 To 173
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Four Elementary And Two
High School Teachers Are
Lost To Schools
i B. H. Duncan, county superin-
1 tendent of schools reported that
notice has been received this
■ week from the State Department
i that because of attendance ra
tings the teacher allotment for
1 the county has been cut from
179 to 173 for the coming year.
Mr. Duncan pointed out. how
ever that this might be increas
ed after the schools open next
fall provided the enrollment
shows an increase.
The loss of six teachers is dis
tributed among several schools.
Riverview lost one elementary
teacher: Elkland one elementary:
Fleetwood one high school and
one elementary as did Nathan’s
Creek.
E. V. Pierce Is
Injured By Fall
E. V. Pierce, well known
Chestnut Hill man was painfully
injured by a fall on Monday
when five ribs were broken and
his lunged punctured.
Mr. Pierce was helping a
neighbor, Joe Caldwell on a
i house when a scaffold on which
he was working fell.
I He is undergoing treatment in
the Ashe Memorial hospital.
' where his condition is reported
ito be improving.
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J. L. SEGr
THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1947
Ready For Summer Are These Young Men In Straw Hats!
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Prize winner photograph entered in WJZ amateur farm photo contest, was taken
by Lou Gardner, Detroit. The contest was conducted by WJZ as part of their farm news
program.
Wade E. Brown
Pays Tribute To
> H o ii or e d Dead
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Cites America As Greatest
Nation Os World Today At
Special Memorial Service
Senator Wade E. Brown cited
to those attending the Memorial
Day and “I Am An American
Day” program at the courthouse
Sunday, that Aemricans must re
main vigilant it the highly paid
for peace, is to remain ours.
In paying tribute to Ameri
ca’s honored dead, we must
think of the living. Mr. Brown
stated, pointing out that Ameri
ca as the greatest nation <>n earth
had done more to help the starv
ing and needy peoplt of Europe
than any oth. r nation. America
must continue to aid others and
her sons and daughters must
help keep the peace, he said.
Mr. Brown was introduced by
Ira T. Johnston, who was in
charge of the program.
Special music was presented
by Mrs. Thomas Little and Mrs.
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(bounty Gets Two
New School Buses
Go To Nathan's Creek And
Healing Springs To Re
place Old Ford Buses
Ashe county received two new
schools buses this week that will
be used to replace the old Ford
bus. s at Nathan’s Creek and
Healing Springs. B. H. Duncan,
superintendent of schools said.
Elkland and Jefferson have
nurchased two new ones which
give the county a total of 34
buses Mr.' Duncan said.
T. E. Glass, in charge of re
nlacement of school buses has
been in the county this week
studying the conditions and
oointed out that he was well
nleas d with the number of new
school buses which the county
sow has.
Sparta Lodge To
Honor Late Mason
All masons of Ashe county ar.
invited to attend the memorial
service at the Sparta Lodge No.
423, Thursday, June 5. when a
special memorial service honor
ing the late Muncey Steadham
will be held.
A. D. Leon Gray, superinten
dent of the Oxford Orphanage
which the late Mr. Steadham
endowed as his will reveals, will
be the guest speaker..
Few Adjustments Asked For
At Meeting Os Town Board
Os Equalization, Tuesday
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Woods Stabbed
Bv Earvel Lewis
In knife Fight
Woods Now Suffering In Hos
pital As Result Os Severe
Chest Wounds
George Woods, 45. of C eston.
was criticalls stabbed by Earvel
Lewis, 22. of near Creston, fol
lowing an argument near Ed
Johnson's residence on U. S.
Highway 88 n.ar Creston Sun
day about 6:oit p. m. Woods is
now undergoing treatment in
the Asht Memorial hospital
where he is still reported to be
in a critical condition. He suffer
ed deep chest wounds, as the re
sult of the stabbing of the pock
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Bible School To
Open Here Mon.
It was announced this week
that the annual vacation Bible
school will open at the West
Jefferson Baptist church on Mon
day, June 2. at 9:00 a. m.
Miss Virginia Dare Teagu will
again be in charge of the school
and all interested children are
invited to attend.
Pedestrian Injured hen
Cars Collided Hei'e Sunday
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Two young Ashe county girls
were struck by an oncoming
automobile as they were walk
ing on the highway near A. E
Grayb.al's home 1 here. Sunday
afternoon at three o'clock, and
as a result. Mabel Elliott. 17, of
I Smethport, lies critically ill in
the Ashe Memorial hospital.
Mabel and Bobbie Hodges. 13.
also of Sm thrort. were walk
j '.ng toward their home when a
I 37 Chevrolet pick-up driven by
I Clarence Barker. 34. of Orion,
cm route to West Jeff, rson col
i tided with a ’3B Dodge four-door
sedan driven by Billy Edward
Lyall, 21. of Glendale Springs,
Lyall being en route to J. ffersen.
The two girls, struck by the
colliding car were both thrown
into the creek which runs near
the highway. Mabel Elliott suf-
I sered a severe skull fracture
I while Bobbie Hodges was only
$3.00 a Year Out of County
I Reports Os Hearings To Be
Mailed To Those Appear
ing Before Board
I Contrary to current r. ports,
compaitively few citizens of
i the town of West Jefferson ap
i peared before the board of equali
zation and re-valuation last Tues
day night to register complaints
' about their prop rty.
Most of those who cam* . sought
explanations us to comparative
values, officials pointed out.
Herman Haire, in discussing
the valuation of his buildings
which are as yet unfinished, told
th. committee that he thought
his property had been valued as
estimated on finished buildings.
However, in giving him an ex
planation. he was told that his
property was valued from th
.standpoint of being an unfinish
■ ed building.
: Those to inquire about revalua
tion of their property in com
parison to other property of the
i same proportions were Robert
McNeill, representing James D.
McNe ill, Rex Morton. Gale Mc-
Millan. B. B. Graybeal. repre
senting Mrs. A. E. Gravbeal and
C. O. Parsons.
I A report of the revaluation
committee's work has been tran
scribed and posted for a period
of one week with a detailed map
of town property identifying
property. Anyone interested in
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lightly injured. They were both
aken to the hospital by Thomas
.i.tl» . who was a witness to the
accident.
Th. car and pick-up wi re re
' jorted by investigating officer.'
.to be damaged approximately
I S6OO. Both Bai ker and Lyall havt
‘ been released on Sl.-000 bond.
■ ) nd’r.g liie condition of Niebel
| Elliott.
CEMETERY W’l L BE
CLEANED. JUNE 7
The grounds of the Cranberry
I cemetery will be cleaned and
■ cleared on Saturday. June 7. be
, ginning at 8:00 o'clock it was
anounced this week.
i All those who have relatives
buried there are urged to be
I present and to bring suitable
| tools for work.
I ASHE COUNTY 15... j
Leading Livestock and Dairy I
County in North Carolina. |
Population: 22,044
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Several Cases
Are Continued;
Many Divorces
Hon. Sam J. Erwin Is Naxne<i
As Referee In Gambill
Bowie Cases
Ashe county’s May-June term
of superior court came to an.
abrupt end on Monday a few
hours after it opened, when sev
eral cases were settled and others
continued. Judge J. H. Clement
presided.
In the cases of T. C. Bowie vs.
J. W. Gambill et al, former con
gressman and judge, Sam J.
Erwin was named as referee. A
date for the hearing of the evi
dence before him will be set later.
Eleven divorce cases were
granted. They included the fol
lowing:
Clarence Baker vs. Maria
Baker; Cecil Farmer vs. Della
Farmer; Severt Miller vs. Maxie
Miller; T. C. Blevins vs. Glenna
Blevins; Walter Taylor vs. Mamie
! Taylor; Dewey Bower vs. Ollie
! Bower; Vada Allman vs. Hubert
Allman; C A. Barnes vs. Gladys
Barnes; Ray M. Wolfe vs. Doris
' E. Wolfe; Reva Eller vs. Joseph,
T. Eller; Ella Mills vs. Walter
Mills.
The case of J. D. Baker vs. W
M. Phillips was settled satis
factorily before court, as was
the case of Wiley Weaver vs
, Mrs. Barney Coldiron.
In the cases of W. H. Stanley
1 vs. Bryde Stanley and Eunice
. Roupe Harrison vs. William Har
rison an order was issued ti
bring the parties to court wh j
failed to appear.
. Contiued cases included these
!of County of Ashe vs. H. C
Tucker; H. M. Miller vs. H. C
Tucker: Fred Watson vs. Orville
Green: Ira Greer vs. L. M. Stur
gill: William W. Tavlor vs. Mor.t
Jones.
, Also continued was the case cr
! Helen Bare vs. Vai Sheets ar.-
Frank Miller. This case grew out
of circumstances in which thr
Bar child was severely injure".
■ by a high explosive tossed ii •’
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Big Feeder (kdf
Sale On Sept. 23
Ashe, Alleghany And Wa
tauga Counties Included:
Prizes To Be Offered
A meeting of the feeder cair
! committee from the three coun
• ties. Ashe. Alleghany, and Wa
i tauga, was held on Wednesday
I night, when it was decided to g
ahead with the feeder calf sale
and a tenative date was set f .*
j September 23. Arrangements
have been made to hold the sala
at the West Jefferson livestock
I market.
j It was decided to offer priz?
1 money only on dehorned steer
I calves—the prize money to be
offered on good and choice steers
on a five-three basis. The com
i mittee will insist on calves beimr
I dehorned, castrated, and vaccir.-
! >t-, d for Blackleg.
! Stier calves will be accepter
■ ■ urn 300 to 650 pounds. Ti’..-
! alves are to be divided in'.?
j pens according to grade by weight
: with the following break r.'.
; weight groups: 300-360 lbs; 36C-
450 lbs: 450-550 lbs; 550- 650
' !bs: net of sire. 5 head steers —
j not confined to one owner, sires,
i by a registi red bull.
'i'll. prizes will be $25.L .
. <20.00. $15.00. SIO.OO, $5.00.
Kev. C. P. Bowles
I folding Revival
: S. rvices are being held e:ich
I morning at 9:30 o'clock and a?
| 7:45 each evening at the West
I Jefferson Methodist church f< "
the revival which began the" e
) last Sunday night.
Rev. Charles P. Bowles, paste?
lof the Broadstreet Methodist
. church, is assisting the pastor.
Rev. Hoyt Wood. The public is
cordially invited to attend both.
] the morning and evening services.