J,."-. 1 " PBtSS RUN - MH Net Paid 3,595 Covers I Ashe County VOLUME 18, NO. 24 PLANNING FOR TOBACCO MARKET * * * ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★ ★★★★* 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 (Continued on page 8) 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. (Continued on Page 4) 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 « 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.