WEST JEFFERSON, N. C. THURSDAY, AUG. 28, 1947 j ASHE COUNTY IS . . j Leading Livestock and (lair . County in North Caroliu* ( Population: $3.00 a Year Out of County PLBLisHED EVERY THURaUAt START WORK ON TOBACCO WAREHOUSE * * * * * * ★★★ ★★★ ******* + + Parking Meters To Be Installed In West Jefferson i\c*m System Is Expected To Be Started In Sept. 213 Meters Will Be Distribu ted Along Main Street And Jefferson Ave. Barking meters tei the town <’! \\ st Jeffers n ft re to tie in stalled in the ne ir future, it was decided at a met tins of the board of aldermen last week. Officials stated that th< contract tm 215 meters has been ace ‘pted by the Alex B Andrews unit at Raleigh ot tin M H Rhodes cem pany of Ha: tford Conn., and ship ment of the meters has been pro mised within 20 days. Town officials pointed out that Jiot only would the meters re lieve the congested traffic but w uld givi the town son e needed revenue for general improve ment.- Tile meters are to be in stalled on a one-year period, if they have not proven satisfactory, they will be removed. Tne meters will be distributed along Main street and Jefferson avenue. They will have one to two-hour parking measures and can be used accordingly. The cost will be five cents per hour, town officials said. Farm Week Draws County People Ashe County Well Represent ed In Raleigh This Week For Farm Program Ashe county along with others in this State is being vveli resented at the 40th annual : ;s *; >n of the State Farm and Home V.' ■ k program being held in Ral eigh. The program includes many hea iline speakers among whom i. e General Dwight Eisenhower,! army chief >f staff; Dorothy Tr. -mpson. nt wspapei columnist: Representative Stephen Pace, of Georgia; Dean I. O. Schaub, di rect" of the College Extension rvice: Dr L. D Raver, dean of Ire college's School of Agricul ture and directoi of the State Agricultural Experiment Station. Dt Jane S. McKimmon. retired assistant director of the Extension' Service, and Thomas Pearsall, el Nash county, speaker .-1 the 1 i at sc . il Kepi e.-er.i live- . n the ! o47 Ge t. ral Assene>.y. Among those from this c .unty attending are Mrs. \V. rd R..v. M-. Paul A Perkins M’s Robert . C-.lva h ,t Baldwin: Mi • Wi. T M11U" el Nat an s Creek: Mr.- G G. H 'Well. -1 W. ViHe; 11 D. Qu.sser'M ry. -■ .unty ..cent, Chi! ml Kn< at/ and M.»s F la V'c t :• il. ( ge:,;. I )<*moii>lraiions To Hold Tuo. A c>mon -li .it mil hr I1'1’ build-1 ing of Grade "A" will be | hold ;it the Doughton-Meadows, tarn: and Miss Joyce Myers' farm in the Laurel Springs section or. Tuesday, it was announced here this w ek. These demonstrations are be ing sponsored by the county agent in cooperation with Coble Dairy Products. REA. and Sear- Roe buck company, it was explained. All farmers are cordially invi ted to attend. Rev. C W. Jones To Hold Revival Rev Claude W Jones, of Mary land. a native of Ashe county, will conduct a ten-day tent revival in Jefferson beginning tomorrow night, it was announced yester day. Services will be held each eve ning in the tent located near Waddell’s store at the intersection Jefferson. Services will continue throug ’ptember 7. Rev. Blanchard am. pastor of the First church the Nazarene, of Charlotte, will induct the service Sept 4. County’s Schools * Opened On Monday; Attendance Is Good; ClIYEX APPOINTMENT Mrs. Gertrude Vaught, Jef ferson high school teacher, ap pointed a member of the edi torial board of the English teachers’ magazine of N. C. -1 Ashe Lamh Pool Totalled $8,684. 1 For Growers. Fri Fina. * ool For Season Will Be Held Latter Part Of September Ashe county farmers, who took j part in the cooperative lamb pool ] last Frida; received a total of $8,684.1)0 for the 585 lambs sold.! H. I). Quessenberrv county agent, | announced this week. Mr. Quessenberry pointed out! that there would be only one! more lamb pool this year which ' would be held around the latter! part of September. He explained that the date of this could be announced in advanc so that the few remaining lambs, that have not been sold tins so.-ison. could lie disposed of at that time. In tla pool last Friday ther wo o 148 cli dot land s \> i : diing 18.802 pounds soil.no fos S22.00 p< i hundred and bringing a total u! $8,174.40. There won 236 good l imbs, bringing $20.on poi hundred vi hich bi ought a total of $3 868. 2(i and 12<> medium Lmbs bring ing $16.Od pen' hundred wiiich t night a tot a I of $141*3.62. The 15 common lambs, soiling foi $2.(id per hundred, brought $67.12. (Continu' d on Pago 4) 1.uiu-Ii Rooms Will Hr Opened Soon: Enrollment Shows Increase Over Last Year Thousands of Ashe county children entered school on Mon day as the 1947-48 session open ed with unusually good atten dance. As far is it could be learned most all schools showed an increase in initial enrollment over last year and many of the schools found some grades so crowded that they had to lie di vided. Most schools had special open-) ing exercises on Monday which were attended by a number of patrons. Last minute vacancies were fil led. in most cases, and following the opening on Monday, teachers and students began work in ear nest. in spite of the warm wea ther. Most of the school lunch rooms are scheduled to open on Monday morning and others will open as early as possible, it was announ-1 ced. Ail buses were in operation, but some of them had to travel over detours, as some of the roads ar*1 still under construction. i The Glendale Springs road is expected to be open for school bus travel this week. Supt. of schools A. B. Hurt, announced. Rev. Joe Taylor To Hold Revival To Be"in At Nathan’s Creek Methodist Church Sun day. September 7 Rev. Joe M. Taylor. Jr., for mer pastor of the Jefferson Me thodist charge, will be the guest speaker at a series of meetings to he held at the Nathan's Creek Methodist church, is was annoor. eed here this week by Rev. Wil liam C. Crummett. The services will begin on Sttn (Continued on page -1» Dr. R. R. Kino; To Sjjcak Al Rolar\ Dr. R R King, Jt iistrict health office:. will he t!l( goes! of the Rotary club tonight at se\ i n o'clock a! e con." in : io 1 d.■ ig. A M Hu-’ will I e it charge of the program. till t . III b ! * 'I was Dr J 11 Armhnt ’, a itrict superintendent, of Statesville. Hate increase Is Sought liv Central Telephone Co. T!ic Central Telephone Com pany this week filed an applica tion with the North Carolina U tilitie.s Commission asking a gen eral increase in telephone rates. In its application, the Com pany cited increased operating costs and the lowest earnings in its history. W. E. Sparger of Mount Airy. North Carolina Manager of the Company, said the Company's op erating costs are the highest in its history, resulting in a low re turn on its investment and asked that increased rates be made ef fective at an early date. The requested increases in rates, which the Comnany said would vary with localities, generally ranges from 25c to $1.25 per month for Business Service and 15c to 75c per month for Resi dence Service, depending upon classification. “In line with our long estab lished policy we would like tc keep rates down.” Sparger said “They have remained generally the same for the past 20 years, I but 11*27 rates are not enough lot 1947 costs. It is only as a last resort that we are asking for re | lief now. to more nearly balance ' some of the tremendous increases in telephone operating expenses." Sparger reported Company j earnings have dropped until at present less than 21 l per c V is1 being realized on the Company’s investment. ‘Current earnings in North Carolina.” he said, “are among the lowest in the Company his tory.” The Telephone Company, in its: I application to the State Utilities Commission, said it was spend j ing large sums of money for plant : visioned for the next two years, i additions in 1947 and a larger | construction program was en If the proposed rate increases were granted, the Company add j ed. it would give them an addi- j tional gross revenue of about 11 per cent on its entire busin ess in North Carolina, but with I the added net earnings even this (Continued on Page 4) Hundreds Attended I he Singing On Grandfather Mountain riu1 singing on Grandfather Mountain during the summer is an annual event looked forward to by a large number of people from North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia mountains. Shown above is a part of the crowd, which took part in the recent "sing." Baptist Ass*n Is Exported To Draw Many This W eek Will Open At Clilton Baptist Church On Friday; J. C. Goodman Is Moderator A record crowd is expected to ittt nd the sixty-first annual ses sion of the Ashe Missionary Bap tist Association scheduled to open at the Clifton Baptist church on Fridav and to continue hrough Sunday. J C. Goodman, moderator said that a fine program had been binned with outstanding speak-j rs ('xpected to take part. Among the other features to I scussed were the educational drive and plans for Wake For st. Dr. I. G. Greer, superintendent of the Baptist orphanage at Thomasville will speak as will ••her state leadi rs. Rep o ts fo: ’ • 11■ work dui ing the past year will (Continued on Page 4) Keeord Rainfall ! !civ ! !ii- VoiiKi According to olfieial rot ini .1 S Parke:. .f I1;. the month. .1 nominal growth duo to lack ot adequate sunshine and high soil . « Mi 11 eports. H( also points out that much of the 11ihaecii he a:led toi low v is nor. “ye 1 low ing too easily for maximum production. Sioivs 3 o (ilost* For I .a hot* Dav Amos Wagoner, Jr., presi dent of the West Jefferson Merchants Association, this week reminded local mer chants that next Monday, La bor Day, was amoj; the holi days the group voted to observe by closing. In the by-laws and constitu tion. as adopted by the group July 4, Labor Day. Thanksgiv ing Day, Christmas Day and the day after Christmas are the days on which the stores are to close, Mr. Wagoner pointed out. The attention of the public is called to this in order that they may supply their needs on Saturday, it was pointed out. The Northwestern Bank an nounced that it would also be closed on Monday. Many Expected To Attend "John Luke Day”, Sunday At Glendale Springs Church .Merchants To Hold Meeting ()n September o Business Meeting; And Dinner Planned: Will Be Held At Graybeal's At a meeting of the board of directors of the West Jefferson Merchant's \sso< ition h( n Ah ind ty night, tentat ■ ns the annual business meeting on September 8. w< t More details of the me< ting will be announc'd later and all mem bers are urged to attend. It was decided tl t the dinner V d be followed by the business ses sion. There v - also a discuss! ■ - 1 peddling ; the streets It was in ruinously ' ted t i t1 huv It \\ ()ti Well Known Presbyterian Minister To pe Honored For 20 Years Of Service By Staff Writer Sundav. hundr da of people from Ashe and Wilke.- countes, will gather at Glendale Springs. top the Blue Ridge t . ibserve "John W. Luke Day" in tion of 20 years .,{ unselfish ser vice this Presbyterian minister has rendered in this area. Taking part :n this all-day >er-1 vice will be th .se who work d with Mr. Luke in the beginning as well as others who have been associated with him down thtough the years. Dr. K L. Gillespie will preach at the . 1:00 o clock houi. | Following a picnic dinner on the I ground, Rev. R. H. Stone, of Charlotte will ores:,!, iiv; the service, in which a number i f eiti/ens will 1 ' ■ ress apprcciati >u h.r the fin" \ k ot M I uke Ashe county ; mle who e ill f.ke ; in t e v. ill b> R Ilovt W" el. Mis SI :pe S Sk > ' in!yard. J(,J; |. \V 1 , , , ■ ; \ - 1 court- n !'■ ■ ! ■ ■ i ii".tv. T (Continued on v -1 Page -4) Farmer ! HI* 01 Benefits Of (lonserval ion Farming Bv l„ S RICHARDSON When I was a buy we used to clear land and roll large logs in a pile and burn them. We had no idea then, that this nation would ever use the timber as fast as it would grow. Only a few years ago we would plow these steep hills from top to bottom and plant them in corn. After the corn was cut we would haul rocks and logs to fill the gullies so we could plow the field agains for the next crop. We had no idea then, that this nation would ever be so short on land needed to produce our food and feed. Seven years ago I kept three cows on this farm and they had a hard time finding enough to eat. In fact I may have had enough feed and pasture to properly keep two cows. The soil on my hills was washed away and the streams were so full of mud and silt from my neighbors farms and mine that I could not harvest a crop on my bottom land. My first experience with soil eonseravtion farming was by us ing lime and phosphate on a Held l had seeded to red el a ei If was. hard to realize the increased yields I got from this one field with so small a cost to me. I then began to see what the representa tive of the Soil Conservation Sei vice meant when he told me that the conservation farming re illy pays. The farm plan with the New River Soil Conservation District, the conservationist and I worked out for my farm, includes such practices as seeding a six acre field to sencea lespedeza. contour stripcropping a five acre field on the hill and using a good rotation I of row crops and legumes on this field as well as on the six acres of bottom land not subject to overflow by the creek, treatment and reestablishing of 24 acres of pasture, seeding a wildlife bor der of sericea and bicolor lespe deza, thinning and proper cutting of mv woodland. With the ex ception of treating a part of one (Continued on Page 4) Building M ill Be Erected On I u <1 u s t r i a 1 Lots l reliminary Work On Ground Already Underway; Resi dence Being Moved Preliminary work on the pro posed tobacco warehouse build ing was started this week when <he contract was let and ground work got underway. The proposed new building, which will contain 55.000 fe ■ of floor space is to be erected' ' the property owned by the W -t, Jefferson Industrial Conv.anv and located between the Lvles' resid< nee and the u] : market. inu residence, formerly owned anu occupied by nusuri uonec. .s aemg iuuvea hum us p.e^,u lo cation m order lo give uie aa uiuonar room nceuea. /veb Vv i.n erspoun is me contractor m cnaige of tne building. It is estimated tnat tne buiid mg wm cosL between $DU,uuu a..t( oou.UUO, members of the budding committee pumted out. husseh vv aarr is cnairman of uus committee, some stuck has been sum ana otners win be given an opportunity to buy some, it was announced. J. h. rmpps is chairman of the ooura ot airectors, r,\ , ett no iana. president, Dean luc.Uuian secretary and G. VV. r.avva. its. treasure!, Healing Springs To Have Program Picture “Ever Since Eden” Will Be Shown Septem ber 3 At High School The Healing Springs sch> . in vitf.- the public to attend a ecUl showing of the sound motion, picture “Ever Since EcUr." at the school auditorium on Sept. 3. at 7:30 o’clock. "Ever- Since Eden' tells the en ti-rtaining and ducatior.al st- :y of the once humble and seamed tomato . . how it was trans ported by Cortez from the jungles of the Inc: - eventually t . be com one .it man's favorite foods. A stirring •■■non ad\entun. ‘Eve: Since Eden" portr-ys a ve •• ble p.igt nt of histo y a the store a ti.e tomato unfold.-. C. te : I ...lay . and J. fiV- - plas T .1 Cou: ! sy if >m H J. lo •... Co., i thrilling tou !- • f i . the great • - . ' ■ c - mg plants whe • o.a • methods mak this (• fo the table. Up-to-d t. ciiltiv; tior. iif the tomato in the fields is ..Is • shown, includi '£ "plant-dusting" by airplane b prevent blight from coming t th.e delicate ci >p. Scientific re search is seen < mtinuallv on the alert to maintain the uniform qualitv 1 the crop and make possible continual improvement in nutritive value, Kyle Dicks, a school principal said. I»lr\ ins i I v s Held Yesterday Funeral m'vice tor Mrs 0 -a Blevins. 71. of Grumpier, was held yesterday morning at eleven o'clock at the Grumpier Baptist church. Officiating was Rev. W E. Denny and interment was in the Grumpier cemetery. Mrs. Blevins, the daughter et the late Ala Baker and Lowery Jones, was married to the late Cicero Blevins. She succumbed at the Ashe Memorial hospital, Monday. She is survived by Mary Blev ins. Glenn Blevins, Pascal Blev ins and Mrs. V. B Cashion. of Hickory.

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