Tobacco Sa ies Near Million Pound Mark County Prison Camp At Buffalo Being Re-opened Around 40 Long-Term Pris oners Will Do Highway Maintenance Work N. C. Prison camp 802. closed during the war years when the prison population was greatlv decreased, is now being re-open ed at Buffalo and has around 40 long-term white prisoners, who will do Highway maintenance work Ed Beshear. of Wilkes coun ty :s superintendent. Several As.u county people will serve as guards. E. Ford King announced that the h ghway work would be un der t: •' supervision of Frank Mc Cracken. It was pointed out that with the increase in prison population a number of camps that have been closed are being rt -opened in v: ious sections of this state. Maintenance work on highways in sot: c parts of the t iunty nas suffered front the lack of labor and it is belie ved that with this additional supply, more mainten ance work can be done. Ball Season In Full Stride Now Results Of Siv Games Given: January Schedule Is Announced The basketball teams from V C and Healing Springs high schools split a double-header Tuesday night at the Healing Springs school. Tae V-C girls won by a score of 15 to 29 in a spirit ed contest, and the Healing Spg s boy's team won out scoring 38 agairjt 27 points. The Wes* Jefferson high school boy s “A" and •‘Bf’.feams jour neyed to Mt. City Tuesday night, and the “A" men lost to the Tennessee team in a hard 43-40 battle. Bobbie Walker was high score for the W. J. basketeers. The W. J. "B" team trounced Mt. City 24-17. Jefferson high sch' ’ hoys and girls both overcame teams from Elkin high school Iasi Thurs day night on the Jeffu-son court. The girls' score was 24 to 30 and the Jefferson boys found winn ing an easier tash with a 34 to 11 final score. The results of games played by other high schools during the past week were not available at time of publication. The schedule of games for Jan uary is as follows: JANUARY 1, 1948 Elkland at Virginia-Carolina. JANUARY 6, 1948 Jefferson at Elkland Healing Springs at Nathan's Cr’k Virginia-Carolina at Fleetwood JANUARY 8, 1948 Riverview at West Jefferson JANUARY 13. 1948 Nathan’s Creek at Elkland Lansing at Virginia-Carolina Fleetwood at Jefferson JANUARY 15, 1948 W. Jefferson at Healing Springs JANUARY 20. 1948 Nathan’s Creek at Fleetwood Healing Springs at Riverview (Continued on Page 5) Saula Claus To Be Here Sat. Santa Claus will again be here in West Jefferson on Saturday to see the ch *.dren. He will he on the streets and in (he stores and will have candy for the children. This is his third visit to West Jef ferson and all those who have not had an opoortunitv of see ing him should plan to he here Saturday. A number of merchants have reported record business so far thi« year, however, it was pointed out that a good se lection of gifts is still on dis play and the public can se cure many of the items which have been scarce for so many years during the war. Parents are cordially invi ted to bring the children here to see Santa Claus and do their Christmas shopping. Community, County Committeemen Are Elected By Farmer? * NAMKI) CHAIRMAN Wade E. I'ller, who was I again named chairman of the New River Soil Conservation Committee. Fra n <• i s. Eller And Eamliill On Soil (lonimiltee Wade E. Eller Is Again Chosen As Chairman Of Group Results of tne soil conservation election for the New River dis I trict which was held during the l first week of December at voting places all over the county were announced this week by J. C. Little, election chairman. W. Raymond Francis was high man in the election and will serve the three-year term of of fice. J. W. Gambill, the next | highest, was elected to the com mittee for two years and Wade E. Eller was elected for one year, ■t was announced. The three new members of the New River Soil Conservation committee met last week and elected Wade E. Eller for chair man of the county committee. Game Club Meet Well Attended Despite inclement weather c~" ditions, members of the As.ie Fish and Game Club met Mon day night at the City Cafe and enjoyed a chicken dinner. R. Floyd Crouse, member of the N. C. Wildlife Commission who was to speak, was unable to be here. During the business session, plans for the membership drive now underway were discussed. The drive officially ends on Jan uary 1, and a meeting will be held January 5 to award prizes. A guest of the club was B S Coburn, government snipper at the W. J. Tobacco Market. J. W. Gambill Is Chairman: List By Communities Is Announced Interest in the Agricultural Conservation program in th* county was demonstrated by 111 • large number of farmers voting I in the recently completed series of elections for community com ■ mitteemen. Following the election of com ! munitv committeemen, the coun ty convention was held on Mon day when 20 of the 20 precincts were repres nted. J. W. Gambill was named chairman, H. H. Bu gess, vice-chairman, and V. C. Lillard. regular member. T.iis committee nut Monday afternoon and again named Mel I Campbell, chief clerk and seen - tary. Miss Edna May. secretarv. | and Misses June Stringer and Mayola Roland, office assistant-. Conununt y committeemen, with the chairman named first and the vice-chairman second, are as follows: Ashland—Smith Allen, Cal Hartsog, Charlie P rkins. j Baldwin — Joe R. Grubb, Ray I burn Houck. Dean Lawrence. (Continued on page 8) Vian Drowns In I New River After Truck Overturns Accident Occurred Between Bina And Warrensville, Saturday Night . Funeral service for David Vance Eldreth, 35, of Lansing, was held yesterday morning at eleven o’clock at the Long Branch church. Interment was in the Long Branch cemetery. Eldret.r came to his death as the result of drowning Saturday night when the 1937 Chevrol ;t 21-2 ton truck he was driving left U. S. Highway 162 between Bina and Warrensville and landed in the icy waters of New River. At the time of the accident, Eldreth was accompanied by Ri ] ley and Howard Potter, of Lan sing, and they were all en route ! home after a trip to Virginia for a load of corn. The Potter bro ! triers told investigating Patrol | man, R. D. Pennell, that the ac ' eident occured so quickly that j they were unable to tell exactly ! what happened. They climbed ' out of the cab of the truck and called to Eldreth it was reported, and when they received no an swer, ran to the hignwav to call help. No attempt was made to re move Eldreth from the wreck until the patrolman arrived, it was learned. Upon the removal of the body from the wreck. Coroner R. R Badger stated that Eldreth came to his death as a result of acci dental drowning. The truck was (Continued on Page Five) Dresses Are Parked For Europe Iii response to the urgent need of the distressed peoples of Europe for textile products, U. S. mills under a vol untary program initiated by the American Cotton Manu facturers Association have contributed enough cloth to make the equivalent of a quarter of a million dresses. Of ficials are shown inspecting some of the cloth prior to shipment to Europe. Agricultural Picture Of Europe liclatcd To Marshall Han “7-7—rxrj—7—;—r BREAD DRAINS* WHEAT AND RYE NET EXPORTS AND NET IMPORTS OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES This map made by the office of foreign agriculture relations of the 1 S department of agriculture, should figure prominently i i discussions ol I he Marshall plan. The black circles show the areas and the amounts of wheat and rye exported. The shaded ircles indicate the amounts of wheat and rye that are imported h\ the respective areas , a president of tile Busme- foimu tion of North Cnroiina mi .I n uary 1, with In adquartei> in: Chapel Mill. 1 i ,tail In eti . 11 intendent of the orphanage fo la years, and in recent years a!-n served as president of th 1 North Cunilinti Ciood ilea 1th A - net; lion. Dr. Wall hits been pastin' ol the First Baptist church of Shel by for 211 years and has long been a leader in the denomina tion, Dr. Greer commented that toe board ‘‘showed sound judg m i.i'iil in , man • ■ ■ mently fitted t c;:i y on '■ ]u‘ u pi 1 ;i:;.^. \ III. Dr Gt'i • ■ : t pita age - I til ;n Mill 11 "ii. here ami Kennedj 11' nit. ii Kin ton v .ii lia .und' ■! n financial ml i . ini • nior 1 t >n ilit nil, and Jhat he wa- lea . .up the post oily because ins i.oi pi oil v. 11 pi n't enlarged op* | ••unit tor i r iff 1) V. II . a r. ilivi : R M l 'i i e >unt\. II al tended «\. - Hill eollece, tie.' Soul,i. rn It;.. I . I Til'.' d '.'.'leal Seoul! :i > : l I .oil .-villi ’ K.V. o' ! is i"e:\ i ■ i I). D eh p: iv from Mis. -:pp i" illeer ;:i Mill'. 11. Was pa* to: of the First Baptist church "I . , : . 1922 i I ' ' when he moved to the Siu-iby church. He and Mrs. Wall are expect.c to come to Thomasville and take up residence at Mills Horn; about February 1. Total More Than From 1 States Plenty Of Buyers, Govern* menl Graders; Prices Are Considered Goad Sales at the Tri-Stat • Rurley Warehous snrpa e,l (he 900,000 mark yesterday at),I am expected to go I) v ind a million pounds to day with an average for the . a.-on of 49 cent-, totalling than $080,000.00. Since the ma: kci ipcned a week late; f an othei s. toe vol ume is consul red unusually gone a. well as the ave: ace price, judge g from till- quality of tr j hacca. . ffere-1 l a ale. The be1 - ter grades have brought as high as sixty cents. Th mark t ha - plenty of lm' - "i's from all of the larger con ■ panics, as well a independent i buyer.*. Government graders am also on the job. Glowers fror. 'North Carolina, T--nn> .-see, Vi. • , ginia and W st Virginia, hav • .light I ihaccu iiere to be sol". | Farmers, neai md 1 . are e> i prc-s:ng theii . alr-factlon ovo; t ■ -v until Ihilars Paii\ Is Sol I or I oni^ht the pnci Jefferson :i I tc ! 1 house u; 111 v )baeco exqe U « • i i v - Anns In\ ited As Special Guests; Surprise Program Planned The Jefferson; Rotary Club I will nave the annual Christmas Oi rty tonight a* seven o’clock ' it the co ■ mur ./ bulling. A | special smprisr progt of en i tertainment has (teen plan. >■ ' I and Rotate’ Anns have been inv: : ted as well as a number of others ■ ts special guests. In charge of program arrange* I merits are Millard Graybeal, J V. Caudill. Am is Wagoner, Jr. land James Graham. The Christmas party will be the last meeting this year, as I the regular meeting n -st Thurs j day will not be held since it. j will be Christmas day. The rneet | ing on Thursday, January 1, will ! not be held either, it was point I ed out and toe next nutting of the club will be held on January 8. I Guest peaker at the club last ' week was Lenox Rawlins, buy* j or from the American Tobacco company. W B Austin also spoke (Continued on page 8) \ in as Program \t Heli School A Ct istmas program will he : :>: ente I today at 12:45 o'clock ! at t'.ie West Jefferson high school, j it was enounced here this we ;k Toe primary grades will have | a part on the program first and 1 then the grammar grades. Last on the program will be the pa geant, “A Chri.-.tmas Story,” giv ^ an by the high school. Students i from all tiie grades and the high I school will participate in the j panic ! by the high school lord Wan! \ Pupjn I or ( liri.slm;r»? Santa Ills listened In nuilt.V • i • 11«• l