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VOLUME 18. NO. 31
S2.50 a Year in Ashe County
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C.
j ASHE COUNTY IS . .
I Leading Livestock and t)a*«
| County in North Carobiu
j Population: 22.t>64
THURSDAY, SEPT. 4. 1947 $3.00 a Year Out of County PUBLISHED EVERY THURnDA t
"Nine Ashe County Women Drawn For Jury Service
Enrollment May
Result In More
Teaehers Soon
Several County Schools Apply
For Increase In
Teachers Allotment
With tiio scht ols i * the county
going into the second week oi
operation, the big tr.cr.; so in en
rollment has resulted in such
overcrowded conditions that a
number of schools have asked
for an additional teacher.
West Jtfferson. Lansing. Jef
ferson Riverview and Fleetwood
are all showing a big increase in
enrollment ovi • last year, not
only in tin grades but in the high
school.
Since the number of teachers
is determined by the enrollment,
some of these schools have asked
for additional teachers, which
they expect to get. A. B. Hurt,
superintendent of schools said
It was also pointed out that
there is not only too many pu
Ipils per teacher in some cases,
but there is also a shortage of
space in many cases.
Most of the school lunchrooms
began operation this week. Others
are expected to be activated next
week.
Choate. Seagle
Case To Be Tried
Pair Charged With Abortion
Murder. Scheduled To
Be Tried In Surry
Mount Airy — Scheduled for
trial at the September term of
Surry County Superior Court at
Dobson are Dr. B O Choate of
Soarta and William L. Seagle of
Charlotte. charged with the ab
ortion-murder of Mrs. Annie Mae
Anderson, in August. 1946.
The case which has been pend
ing foi several months, was
transferred last Spring from Al
leghany county to Surry county,
where it was originally scheduled
to be tried.
Mrs. Anderson died at Elkin, in
S irrv after an abortion was al
legedly performed near Sparta,
in Alleghany.
f Jury list for the term was pub
lished recent'” by Mrs. B< t tl
M. Shinault cierk to the board of
C .untv Commissioners. Two
women are slated for duty on the
initial list
A civil damage suit has also
been filed, in connection with
the de- th of Mis. Anderson.
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To (lash Bonds
Ashe county veterans alone
with others rushed to hunks
on Tuesday to cash Armed
Foree Leave Ronds re"'*-dless
of the fact that many did not
need the cash at this time and
lost interest by cashing them
in.
The First National bank re
ported that S20 000 worth of
these bonds were cashed and
<hP yorfv,..ect»rr) bank. S10,
000 on •'uesday.
Veterans are a^ain reminded
that these bonds can be cash
ed it nnv time in the future
without delav. “T’nless von
are in real need of the monev
now. the banks and the Foi
led States Treasury Depart
ment strongly recommend that
von permit vnur bond to earn
interest at two and one-half
ner eent fun to its maturity'
unless vou actually need cash,
one official said.
Attendance Will
Be Stressed In
Schools This Year
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AFFIRMS PEACE PLANS
President Truman, who
.poke before the Inter-Ameri
can conference in Brazil this
week, emphasized the desire
of the U. S. for peace.
Tribute Paid Bv
Mauv To John \V.
Luke On Sunday
All-Day Service Held At
Glendale Springs
Church on Sunday
Hundreds of people gathered
a* the Glendale Springs Presby
terian church on Sunday, for the
all-day service observing “John i
Luke Day," in honor of the min
iste- who has spent 20 years of
hi.- life here giving unselfish ser
vice and devotion to the people
of this section.
Dr. E. E. Gillespie preached
during the morning service after
which a bountiful dinner was ser-.
v> i to the hundreds present. Dur
ing the afternoon service. Rev.
R H. Stone, of Charlott •. pn-si
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Teachers Asked To Cooperate
In Keeping Children In
School: Board Met Mon.
The importance of keeping chil
dren in school regularly was
stressed at tin meeting of the
county board of education on
Monday, along with a number of
other school problems.
Teachers have been asked to
give tin ir full cooperation to the
attendance problem and Miss
Ruth Tugnian. welfare superinten
dent and attendance officer, will
work closely with the school offi
cials it was pointed out.
Attention of the parents as well
as the teachers is called to the
fact that the compulsory school at
tendance is from 7 to Ifi. “Wo
want ever child of school aee in
school." A. B. Hurt, superinten
dent of schools, said.
Other problems discussed at
the board meeting included the
rerouting of some of the busees
and the adjustment of other min
or problems that have arisen since
the opening of schools.
The board decided to make a
survey of some unused school pro
perty in the county and to sell
this, while prices are good.
It was decided to proceed with
improvement of sanitary condi
tions. in all of the schools where
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Merchants Will
Meet On Monday
Dinner Meeting To Be Held
At Graybeal’s Coffee Shop
Monday Evening
A dinner meeting of the West
Jefferson Merchants' Association
will be held at Graybeal’s Coffee
shop on Monday evening at 7:JO
o'clock, followed by an important
busimss session, all members are
urged to attend. In order to make
final plans, members are urged
to let the secretary know today,
whether or not they can attend.
Directors are to be named and
other business pertaining to the
improvement of the town and
county are to be discussed. At os
Wagoner, president, said.
Merchants who are in arn is
■ thi i dut s ai e aski d p
lhe r membership* up-to-date in
or.I r to be eligible to vot. .
New Patrolman
p,
i trolman Fennel
tin, : a with C| 1. I'
tiiis area for sometime
!9 iu>|)iiMk‘s Sign [lio Pai I
I or Keeping lYaee In \\ est
Rio De Janerio — Representa
tive of 11* of the 21 American re
publics acting' in a concerted ef
fort to outlaw war in the West
ern Hemisphere, signed Tuesday,
the mutual defense treaty framed
at the Inter-American conference
at Quitandinha.
The statesmen signed the his
tory-making pact in the paneled
reception hall of Itamaraty pal
ace. Brazil's Foreign office.
Secretary of State George C.
Marshall was the first United
■Hates representative to affix his
signature to the document. The
other American signers were Sen
ator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Re
ublican of Michigan: Senator
Tom Connally, Democrat of Tex
as: Warren R. Austin chief Uni
'■d States delegate to the United
Natiqns: Representative Sol
Bloom. ID) of New York, and Wil
liam Pawley. United States am
bassador to Brazil. President
Truman, now visiting Brazil, did
not attend the ceremony.
The participating nations in the
order of their signing were:
Dominican republic. Guatema
la, Costa Rica. Peru. E! Salva
dor. Panama, Paraguay. Venezue
la, Chile. Honduras. Cuba, Boli
via, Columbia, Mexico. Haiti.
Uruguay. Argentina, Brazil, and
the United States. The United
States was to have signed far
ther up the list, but its delega
tion was absent from the chamber
when its name twice was called,
and finally penned the last signa
tures on the document.
The only two American repub
lics which did not sign the treaty
were Nicaragua which did not
receive an invitation to the Inter
American conference because of
the Pan-American union's dis
satisfaction with its current re
gime, and Ecuador, now in the
throes of a counter-revoUition
against its new revolutionary gov
ernment.
The treaty provides that an ar
med attack against any of the
signator natioas will be consider
ed an attack against them all: that
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Babe Ruth Meets A Fen Of Hi ■> Many junior Oiampion Fans
MWS3WK X-:. &&BtiiWs *6» fc.S
The American Legion .!
who personifies the nation:
the inevitable mob of youn
Hundreds Attend
Baptist Ass*n At
(LIifton ( ' li u re li
J. C. Goodman Is Again Na
ed Moderator And C. L.
Blevins. Clerk
Hundreds of Baptists from this
section, as well as elsewhere, at
tended the sixty-first annual ses
sion of the Ash ? Missionary Bap
tist Association, held at Clifton,
last week wher an inspirational
and instructive program was car
ried out.
In addition to the local pastors
and laymen taking part on the
program. State Baptist institu
tions had representatives here.
Dr. S. Blanton, dean of religion.
Wake Forest; Rev John Walters,
pastor of Thomasvill Orphanage,
Mr. Young, of the Baptist hospi
tal in Winston-Salem and Rev.
G. W. Bullard, of Raleigh were
all op the program.
J. C. Goodman was again e
leeted moderator. C. L. Blevins.
Clerk and Rev W. E. I>. nnv vice
, „ a.r-it , , f *!-.(. ■ a: • Cl t i ( IT1 M I - s
Virginia Dare Toagui was again
ti i . 1 i nar;
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h: - turi i'.-.!:«•<* i-xKerirnce at
E: ring F.i !■; and Ha kory. H
hr s attended S B. 1 and F. B. I.
and police • hools and is '1 11
qualified for the job. it was
pointed out.
One of Mr. Short's duties will
pertain to the use of the par kino
meters which are to be installed
at an early date.
\\ orking ()n I5UI”
For Warehouse
Work i? now underway on the
building for the proposed to
bacco warehouse and the contrac
tor. Zeb Witherspoon expects to
have it completed when the sea
son opens this fall.
Stockholders, who have pledg
ed stock are requested to pay it
now and others will be given an
opportunity to invest in this pro
ject. it was" announced by officials
this week.
The firs.nee committee will
meet after Rotary this evening to
formulate plans.
unior baseball c tampions of the mid-west, meet the man
il pastime to th ni. Babe Ruth. He is shown surrounded by
esters during th j pregame ceremonies.
Coble Wants More CradeA
Milk From This Section; Is
(jiving Barn Demonstrations
Mountain l nion
Baptists Begin
Meeting I r i <1 a v
Sealer District Primitive As
sociation Will Convene
On September 12
The eighty-first annual s.ssion
of the Mountain Union Baptist
Association will convene at the
Three Top church. 4 miles from
Creston post office, beginning
Friday morning.
Elder Luther P 'vers of Lans
ing. will preach the introductory
sermon. Named alternate v.. -
Elder G. J H ■ • < E. '4' Sturgills
A large nttcrxEmv exp ric.l
for the threo-d. y and a
number of vis-., - « < .. ■■ Is >
xpect ; 1 B ker, of
Tr<".it . . derat
E W. St msliert v of !.;■: sing.
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Farmers Urged To Get In
Grade A Milk Production
By Hancock
Gaylord Hancock. production
manager of Coble Dairy Products
Incorporated, announced this
vvr-.k that h:s company '.v;,s now
in the market to buv all grade-A
milk available in this territory.
He also p,anted ut t. a- t' >ble
plants in Lansing, Sparta and Su
gar Grove are now readv to re
ceive grade-A n lk In order to
encourage product’on of this
grade milk, this company is also
helping farnie: : build neces
sary barns.
"in order t us.-.st dt icy far
mers to qu . ,.iy equ tin ::
farms to produce grade-A milk
Coble in : ■ ; ri.,iucts .c,>
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Trunia:: c 1«■ -• ' .a lntc. - An!- .
can conference ben Tuesday with
a speech re ag basic foreign
policy of the l nited States to a
desire tor pci : lament peace but
emphasizing that to carry it out
the nation was determined to ri -
main strong.
Reiterating tic fidelity of his
country to the United Nations, the
President not d that the world
organization had since infancy
been embroiled in conflict grow
ing out of tin unintended role of
trying to make peace rathi 1 than
to maintain it.
“We must be careful not to pro
judge it by this unfair test." he
said. "We must cher sh the s . 1
ling in the hope of a mighty oak.
We shall not forget our obliga
tions under the Charter and we
shall not permit other to forget
theirs."
This brought the firs' and
strongs st applause of the address
from delegates of the 10 repub
lics who this .veiling at Itamara
*: nalace in Rio de Janeiro for
! mally signed the hemisphere de
I fense treaty which Mr. Truman
■ i ! u . - . C\. ' • ■ i■. ’ ;: .cnrldj
\lthough
\ ■ nd the An •. : ; the ut ner.d
<cnpe f ! : hire.-.-, he : j <,>r
ious word- f- . rt*pr -ema'-tves ot
Latin nations v\. < in! already
been warned by Scare:, : , of
State Marshall that tin. i eed> ■!
i Europe carm- first.
■ Going beyond this, the lh
dent noted that the nations of
“free Europe" would soon make
their needs known.
“I h > that the nations of fiv.
America." he continued, "will be
prepared, each according to its
ability and in it.- own manner, to
i contribute to a lasting peace for
1 tiie bent fit of mankind."
At til. -ame tin: the President
i ga\t. "solemn assurance" that
Washington was not oh!i\ : ms to
needs for further economic col
laboration wit kin the western
world.
Such problems, unlike those in
Europe, he said, required long
term planning and a type of pro
gram in which a greater role
might be assigned to private ci
tizens and groups.
Will Serve For
i r s t Fiiiie I lere
In October Term
Court Scheduled To Open
October 2!): Armstrong
To Preside
Nine Ash ■ county women h;-vr
been drown for jury service for
the Oct. term of superior court,
scheduled 1 > <,pe n October 20 with
•Judge Frank Armstrong pres:•
ding, and these women who set ve
'ill be the I'.rst in the county t
take on this duty.
Women's names were "'dried t ■
the jury box recently and these
drawn on Monday, by the count',
commissioners for jury service
for the coming term of court in
clude the following: Bessie Os
borne, Alice [) rnell. Mrs. Clvde
Burkett, Mr Charles F. Phioes
Fredie Davis, Beat! ice Crepp.
Villa Osborni Mrs. Giant. B.e,.
guess and Mrs. Mazie Abshe; Tne
last two art amon? the extra
jurors.
Other jurors drawn besides
tho women include:
James Baker, J. C. Blackburn
j Joe Miller. Cl. I.,. Denny, Tom El*
dreth, J. C. Shelton, J S. Rasa
W T. Calloway.
Herman J. Gentry. Joe LiiJle
J. L. Gilley. W W. Elliott V
McConnell. Mai vin Wilcox, M E
Carter, Claude Wilcox.
Amos Osborne, S. N. Baldwin.
Earl Cearley, R. E. Phillips, Fe
lix Bare. 1.. P Yates. Blaine Bar
ker, T. E. Donnley, J. B. Cal
loway. Robert Osborne. Wale
Sheets. Frank Roten, Dan Russ
Extra Jurors. E. S. Shatlev
S H Yearick, G. B Dicks >n,
Blair Waddell. Ira Jordon Sam
Graybeal, C. L. Francis, D. Pat
rick.
Yngiis (iattle To
Hr Sold Srpl. 12
Complete Dispersal Sale Of
Cumene Traiisou Herd To
Be Held Near Sparta
Farmers of this section will
have an opportunity to buy .- ma
of the fine Aberdeen Angus cat
tle at the dispersal sale to be con
ducted at the Locust Grove farm
near Sparta, on Friday. Septem
ber 12. at twelve noon.
This is tiir p."t! 1 herd r the
late Eugene Trans.>u and is being
sold by the administrators to set
tle 1 estab The sale cons ,t#
of -1 cows an< heifers, 30 cal\ . -
eluding th» r.t
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ProiesJ S<t\ ice
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Merchants as well as a num
ber <>t other citizens have ver
bally protested the proposed
increase in the rates of the Id
eal telephone company, since
the announcement was made
last week.
Directors of the West Jef
ferson Merchant’s Association
pointed out that the service
was extremely poor and that
the company should be asked
to give better service.
Amos Wagoner, Jr., presi
dent of the association declar
ed that an investigation should
be made and action taken bv
users of the telephone service,
lie expressed surprise that the
company should ask for an in
crease in rates at this time in
view of the service rendered.