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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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 \\
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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 >
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in!yard.
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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
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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.