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VOLUME 18, NO. 24
PLANNING FOR TOBACCO MARKET
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Guernsey Sale Expected To Draw Crowd Friday
Many Os State’s
Best Herds Will
Be Represented
32 Registered Purebred Ani
mals Are To Be Sold At
Auction At Test Farm
Many dairy farmers from Ashe
and Alleghany as well as others
are expected to attend the pure
bred. registered Guernsey cattle
sale to be held at the State Test
Farm at Transou on Friday after
noon when animals from some
of,th“ best known herds in North
Carolina will be sold at auction
to the highest bidder.
The sale. which will open
promptly at 12:30 is being snon-
by the North Carolina
dLyuerrs-v Association.
The North Carolina Extension
Service, milk comnanios. with lo
cal business firms also coopera
ting.
This is the fourth annual event
of its to be held in the coun
tv and because of the interest
shown in previous promotion
sales of this type. Friday’s event
is expect-d to draw a large crowd
of dairymen and others interes
ted in improving the dairy pro
gram through better breeding.
Around 30 heifers and two •
young bulls are to be consigned i
to the sale from some of the most
.. outstanding herds in North Caro
lina. Since these prize animals I
are to be sold at auction, farm- ,
ers of this area will have an op
portunity to secure some reallyi
fine cattle with high production
records. I
Through the cooperation of the
local milk companies, Kraft
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To Hold Inquest
Over Dancy Death
Wilkes Youth Killed On Glen
. dale Springs Highway
Last Saturday Night
A coroner’s inquest will be held
Saturday afternoon at four o’clock
at the courthouse in connection
with the death of Claude Dancy,
19. Wilkes county youth, who was
killed Saturday night at Glendale
Springs.
Preliminary investigation by
patrolmen A. H. Clark nd
D. A. Houston shows that Dancy '
came to his death as a result of
being struck down by a hit-and
run driver Saturday night around
9:30 near Miller’s store. The vic
tim was taken to the Wilkes hos
pital immediately by compan
ions. but was dead on? arrival, as
a result of a cut and other inju
ries about the chest and legs.
It was pointed out that there
was a possibility that the deceased
wight have sustained some inju
res before being struck by a
car.
Following a preliminary in
vestigation, four men were re
leased on bond in connection
with Dancy’s death. Bill Miller
was released on SI.OOO bond
Bev Taylor, of Wilbar, Arlie
Phillips of Beng. and Bryce Mash
were released on S2OO bond each.
Funeral service for Dancy was
conducted at two o’clock Mondav
at the Miller church at Vannoy.
SPARTA HORSE SHOW
TO OPEN FRI. NIGHT
Sparta—With 75 entries al
ready registered and some late
ones expected, Sparta’s horse
show, which gets underway
with the first show Friday
evening, is expected to draw
a large crowd.
In addition to Friday eve
ning’s event, a show will be
held Saturday afternoon and
Saturday evening.
The stables have been great
fly enlarged, the track improv
ed and everything is now in
readiness for a successful show,
Manager Tom Greene said.
The show was originally
scheduled for June 20-21, but
was postponed until this week
end because of rain, then.
o.lie Post
$2.50 a Year in Ashe County »
Superior Court To
Open Monday; Town
Park Case On Docket
NOMINATED FOR PRES.
' co®*
Dr. Claude A. Watson, Free
Methodist minister, Los Ange
les, who was chosen by the
Prohibition party as its 1948
presidential candidate.
Bean Markets
Flooded; Prices
Continue L6w
Approximately 19,000 Bushels
Sold Last Night At
Average Os sl.lO
Tuesday night the volume
reached a record for the season, so
beans continued low this week
while the volume, pushed up by
favorable rains, continued to in
crease.
Last night the volume reached
a record high for the season, so
far, with around 19.000 bushels
sold on the two markets at an
average of around sl.lO per bu
shel. Some first quality beans
sold for as much as $1.30, while
others dropped down to SI.OO.
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School For Bus -
Drivers. Aug. 12
A. B. Hurt, superintendent of
schools, said this week that the
final course of instruction for
school bus drivers would be held
August 12 and urged that all
principals have drivers and pros
pective drivers at Jefferson on
that date.
C. I. Yelton, of the highway
safety division will be there at
"hat time to take charge of the
’.raining school.
Lansing Keeps Top Place As
First Half Os Season Ends
Several hundred Ashe county
baseball fans witnessed the final
game of the first half of the sea
son here last Sunday, a game
vhich saw the Lansing Cubs take
a 17-7 beating at the hands of the
local nine, but still manage to
naintain their position as undis
puted champions for the first por
ion of the season.
Sunday’s game climaxed a de
termined but unsuccessful effort
in the part of West Jefferson to
come from next to the cellar and
capture the league crown with a
late winning spurt.
A superb performance of pitch
ing by Big Ave Miller, along with
excellent support by all players,
gave West Jefferson its ninth win
out of its last ten games, and a
tie with Scottville for second
olace. The game was highlighted
by catcher Walt Miller’s homer
with two men on base, a lick that
helped maintain his record as one
of the local club’s safest hitters
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C.
Judge Frank Armstrong To
Preside; Several Divorces
Are To Be Heard
The July term of superior
court, for the trial of civil cases
in Ashe county, will open on
Monday morning, with Judge
Frank M. Armstrong presiding.
Several divorce cases are ex
pected to be heard and following
this the first case on the docket
and the one that is expected to
be the highlight of this session
of court, js that of the Town of
West Jefferson vs. T. C. Bowie,
et al, in connection with the pos
session of the town park and
streets and alleyways.
Among the other cases to be
tried is that of Helen Bare vs.
Vai Sheets and Frank Miller. It
will be recalled that Helen Bare
was painfully injured by an ex
ploded dynamite cap at her
home near the Glendale Springs
river bridge, last December.
Other cases on the docket in
clude County of Ashe vs. H. C.
Tucker, et al; Fred Watson vs. |
Orville Greene, et al; Ira Greer
vs. L. M. Sturgill, et al; William
W. Taylor vs. Mont Jones; R. C.
(Continued on page 8)
Mi mi num Wage
Boost Rapped
North Carolina Publisher Ur
ges Stable, Bigger Purchas
ing Power In Small Towns
Washington, (Special)—.A high-j
er minimum wage might force j
some small-town newspapers out j
of business and handicap the'
training of skilled labor in print
shops, a House labor subcommit- !
tee was told last week by Ed M.
Anderson who publishes five
weekly newspapers in western
North Carolina.
As legislative committee chair
man of the National Editorial as
sociation, representating 6,000
smaller papers, Anderson urged
that Congress clarify the wage
hour act to state plainly which j
publishers are covered by it.
Raising the wage floor from 40
to 60 cents an hour, as proposed
in pending legislation, would
•'cripple” the veterans on-the
job training program, he said, be
cause ‘’the average smalltown
publisher could not afford to pay
these unskilled employees” at
higher rates. This, he added,
would aggravate the already cri
tical shortage of skilled labor, one
factor in the mounting death rate
of country weeklies.
As their costs "have more than
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this year. ~ 1
Laai Saturday, West Jefferson
split a doubleheader with East
Jefferson. The locals swamped
East Jefferson 10-0 in the initial
encounter, but suffered a 3-1 de
feat in the second game.
Helton was victorious over
Scottville Saturday, 8-7, to end
up in fourth place for the first
half of the season.
Fans throughout the countv
are looking forward to still more
improvement in all clubs dur
ing the second half of the season
ends September 13th. The
winner of the second half will
nlav a post-son«;on s n r’ n s with
T arsing to Hocide the champion
shin for 1947.
At this time. West Jefferson,
Helton, and East Jefferson seem
ito be the up-and-coming teams
lof the circuit and m°rit c!os q at
tention from now until September.
, It is also reported that minor
. (Continued on page 8)
THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1947
Dairying Is The Biggest Industry In Ashe County
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Milk production leads all other industries in the county. More than 118,060 gallons
are being sold daily at an approximate price of $4,073. per day or a yearly income of
more than $1,260,000. The above dairy barn houses Guernsevs on the farm of G. B.
Price, Clifton. (Staff Photo.)
Hundreds Attend
Meeting Os BTU
Vi orkers Fri da y
Thirteen Churches Os Ashe
Baptist Association
Are Represented
Five hundred Baptists attend
ed the mass meeting at the West
Jefferson Baptist church Friday
night when a week of Baptist
training union revivals came to
a close. Workers and members
representing 13 churches in the
Ashe Baptist Association were
represented. The group from Buf
falo won the attendance prize
having a representation of 55
members.
During the meeting, presided
over by Harvey T. Gibson, North
Carolina Training Union director
and D. C. Severt, associational
training union director, workers
in the 13 churches gave reports
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Lewis Succumbs
At Home Sunday
Funeral service for Walter
Lewis, 54-wear-old resident of
Smethport, was held Tuesday
morning at ten o’clock at the
Smethport church. Officiating at
the service were members of tbe
I. O. O. F. Lodge No. 38 of Jef
ferson and Rev. Carol Burkett.
Interment was in the Lewis ceme
tery.
A native of Ashe county, Mr.
Lewis was the son of the late
'Xrnnndp C'amnbel! and George
Lewis. Well known here in the
'*oun 4 y, he had b "n employed
by th? Norfolk and Western rail
”?v for the past 30 years Mr.
Lewis was an active member of
‘he I. O. O. F. Lodge. He succumb
ed at his home at Smethport Sun
day afternoon after a lingering
illness.
He is survived by his wife.
Mrs. Hattie Lewis, and three
daughters, Mrs. Hiram Weaver,
Mrs. Verna McNeill and Mrs.
Herbert Walters.
Merchants Have
Big “Fish - Fry”
The annual employer-employee
fish-fry of the West Jefferson
Merchant’s Association, which
was held at the community build
ing last night, instead of Bluff
Park, had a majority of the busin
gs- firms in town well represen
ted.
Dinner was served buffet style
with desiring to do so
coming back for “seconds.”
The event was first planned
for Bluff Park, but w?” changed
because of the unsettled condi
tion of the weather.
Mrs. Bl<nd Dixon furnished
informal music and everyone re
ported an enjoyable time.
Three New 7 Ordinances xAre
Passed By Town Board Fri.
To Improve Conditions Here
Rotarians An <1
Dairymen Have
Program Tonight
Guernsey Breeders And Other
Dairy Specialists To Meet
With Rotarians
Tonight, or the eve of the
Guernsey promotional sale sched
uled for tomorrow afternoon, the
Jeffersons Rotary club program
will be centered around the dairy
industry.
The meeting is to be held at
Shatley Springs at 7:30. when in
addition to the Rotarians, dairy
farmers will be special guests.
Representatives of milk compan
ies serving this section including
Coble, Kraft and Carnation arc
also expected to be present.
H D. Quessenberry, countj’ a
gent, is to preside over the dairy
program. Glenn H. Cartner, man-i
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Billie School I o
Open At Zion Mon.
A Bible school will begin at the
Zion Methodist church on Mon
day afternoon at 2:00 o’clock, it
was announced this week by Rev.
Marion Fisher. The school will be
held from 2 to 4 o’clock each af
ternoon.
All boys and girls are urged
to attend.
Ashe County 4-H Girls And
Bovs Are Back From Camp
Eleven Ashe county 4-H club
boys and girls were campers at
the Millstone 4-H club grounds
near Rockingham for the week
July 7-11. The group returned
Friday night.
Leaving here last Monday, the
campers arrived at Millstone for
a week of supervised instruction
which included courses in swimm
ng, competitive sports, folk games
and handicraft. Hiking and other
sports were also enjoyed by the
group.
This is the first time Ashe
county 4-H club members have
taken advantage of the summer
camp and Miss Ella Mae Crosley,
home demonstration agent and
4-H club worker who accompani
ed the group, stated that she hop
ed the boys and girls could take
a similiar trip each year. O. M.
Fulcher, assistant county agent,
also accompanied the group. In
structors included state personnel
members.
$3.00 a Year Out of County
Firearms, Uses Os Water And
Special Privilege Taxes
Are Cited
Three new town ordinances,
relative to the use of firearms,
collection of privilege or opera
tional taxes, and the conserva
tion of water, were passed after
considerable discussion by the
Town board at its regular session
last Friday night.
One of the ordinances drastical
ly curtails such practices as car
washing, lawn and garden sprink
ling. and other unessential uses of
water. It was pointed out before
the board that the water situa
tion in West Jt fferson is critical
both from the standpoint of health
and fire prevention. A competent
sanitary engineer was reported
to have explained that there was
great danger of pollution of the
water supply from sewer units if
the water pressure was permitt
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David Waugh Is
To Head Garage
I David Waugh. an ('Xpert in
mechanical and transportational
1 nrobltirs has been employed as
head mechanic in the county ga
rage. A. B. Hurt, superintendent
of schools, announced.
A native of this county, Mr.
Waugh has had years of exp-, r
' i-mce and training in this fie’d
and Mr. Hurt said he felt fortun
ate in securing him.
Joe Goodman, Ashe 4-H club
boy. had the honor of being mas
ter of ceremonies at the banquet,
and Faye Lambert. 4-H club girl,
had a leading part in the candle
lighting service.
The girls to make the trip were
Faye Lambert. Alma June Oliver,
Rose V. Stamper, Carol Houck,
Dale Colvard and Mannon Ble
vins. The boys included Joe
Goodman, Jackie Blackman, Lee
McMillan, Phil Haire and George
Edwards.
In commenting upon the value
of the trip to the youth of this
county, Assistant County Agent
Fulcher called attention to the
State 4-H Club week, which will
be held this year in Raleigh, be
ginning August 18 and running
through the 23rd. He said that this
county could send as many as 36
boys and girls to the short course
in Raleigh, but that they must be
members of a 4-H cteib, over 14
(Continued on page 8)
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ASHE COUNTY 15... I
Leading Livestock and Dairy I
County in North CamHno I
Population: 22,664
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Expect To Open
Here This Fall;
Interest Is Keen
Stock Now Being Sold To
Erect Building; Which Is
To Be Started Soon
A representative group of Ashe
county farmers, business men and
others made plans here last Fri
day night to start work on a to
bacco warehouse, at once, in or
der to be ready for the season
next fall as the market opens.
Stock is now being sold t<3
build the proposed warehouse
and within a short time, actual
work is expected to be started on
a building in the vicinity of the
Ashe Bean Market. Around $40,-
000.00 has already been subscri
bed in stock and the remainder is
expected to be subscribed to
wathin the next few weeks, those
in charge pointed out.
At the meeting of the initial
stockholders, last Friday night,
the following were elected as
members of the board of direct
ors: J. R. Phipps, chairman, W,
D. McMillan, J. E. Roland, G W
Edwards, W. G. Vannoy, G. Q,
Burgess and Russell Barr. Elect
ed as secretary was Dean Mc-
Millan; treasurer, G. W.
and president, J. E. Roland.
Russel Barr, chairman, Wad*
Vannoy and Todd Gentrv wer*
named on the building committee
The finance committee is mad«*
up of Mrs. Ed M. Anderson.,
chairman, H. D. Quessenberry
Dean McMillan. W. G. Vannoy
(Continued on page 8)
Houck Is Winner
On New Song Hit
I J s „^* me The Joke’s C>«
Me, Recommended Foe
Publication By Board
Clark Houck, of West Jefferson
was notified by wire last Thurs
day that he was one of the eight,
talented newcomers to the Son«
Hit Guild of Hollywood, Califs
having won recognition for his
composition entitled ‘This Tim*
The Joke’s On Me.”
The new song has been recom
mended for pv'lication by the ad
visory board, composed of Al Job
son. Ferde Grofe. Marne Sacks
and Les Brown, and as soon as
the mechanics necessary for pub
lication have been completed it
will be released. Houck received,
a check for $250. which constitu
tes the advance royalties on the
song.
Houck, who plays both the p.-
ano and the saxaphone, has beer,
interested in music for the past
fifteen years. He said, although
he was naturally optimistic about
the success of his song, he hoped
it would be a hit.
The Song Hit Guild, which wae
founded in 1938, has been estab
lished as the accredit.d taler’
scout for music business. Me
Houck won recognition through
their talent research which cover
ed both the United States and
Canada.
ATTEMPTING TO
AID BEAN FARMERS
In an effort to increase the
demand and bence raise prices
of beans, the West Jefferson
Merchant’s Association last
week end contacted both Con
gressman Dougbton and Sen
ator Hoey, regarding the dis
position of surplus canned
goods which canneries now
have on hand, suggesting this
surplus be sent to Europe in
order that canneries might
take care of the freeh crop.
Both Congressman Doughton
and Senator Hoey expressed
concern over the low prices
and said that they would do
what they could.
, Senator Hoey said he was
passing the suggestion of the
disposition of surplus canned
goods to the War Department
and to the Department of Ag
riculture.