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VOLUME 18. NO. 52 $2.50 a Year in Ashe County
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ASHE COUNTY IS ..
Leading Livestock and n*tr
| County in Nortt. fJaioutu.
j Population. 22.664
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
TOBACCO SALES SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY
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Turkish Leaf Program To Be Expanded in County
Quality Bettor;
Program Must
Be S11 p e r v i s e tl
Company Formed To Handle!
Crop; High Quality Nec
essary in Pi* duction
Due to successful results achiev
ed after three years of experi
mentation in the production of
Turkish tobacco in this area,
1948 should find a good increase
in the number of farmers growing
this, as well as the acreage, H.
D. Quessenberry. county agent,
said.
i John Wilkins, agronomist spe
cialist. who has been in charge
of the experiment in this area,
said that everyone was encour
aged in the unusually high qual
ity of the tobacco grown in this
area during the past year jr.spite
of the unfavorable weather. He
pointed out that high quality
was essential in this type of to
bacco.
Quessenberry said that the
growing of Turkish tobacco was
particularly adaptable to small,
farms with plenty of labor He |
urged that all farmers interested
in gttting into tnis program con
tact him as soon as possible. “Wei
want more farmers, who are in
teres'ed. to grow this tobacco, j
but the program must be well
supervised and we do not want
more than can be supervised.” he
said.
During the past year, the aver
age for all sections of N. C.. where j
Turkish tobacco was grown, was,
i 997 pounds per acre while that i
' of Ashe county was slightly above i
the average, 1061 pounds per |
acre. There were a total of 32
farmers in Ashe and Alleghany
counties growing this type of to
bacco last year, it was explained.
Farmers were paid 75 cent.',
per pound. It was explained that
under the expanded program
there would be an opportunity of
farmers securing an even higher
price provided the quality is high
enough to merit it. “It is the
quality, not the volume that is
essential in this tobacco, one
specialist said.
Because of the success of the
program, a company has been
formed to nar.dle the Turkish to
bacco. It is to be known as the |
South Eastern Aromatic Tobacco |
(Continued on page 8)
Mrs. Duvall Is
Struck By Car
I’ainfullv Injured When She;
Was Hit By Car In
Front Of Her Home
Mrs
injure
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"all was painfully
ight. December
• home at Bea
she was struck
le as she ap
is of her home. 1
taxi, driven by |
cai'. driven by ;
en route from I
er and knocked
•ustained a brok- |
ind other bruises j
.0 the Ashe Mem-1
>r treatment,
investigating of
, as blinded by the
ci which was park
side of the road
parked to let Mrs.
nr her home.
:) va is still undergoing
the Ashe hospital.
| > linen IO
( heck Drivers
v was the last das foi
j; I j) ers, whose names
. 4-;. V’ or "B” to take
av€ their drivers’
] c \ od.
J. Hatclv; r. High
mmander, said that
/ i st of the year he
, 1 patrolmen to make
motorists in order
drivers who have
■ licenses renewed.
Ian. 1 and continu
m June 30, drivers
iV begin with “C” and
ex. mined fc re
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Business Outlook
For 1948, Is Bright
As New Year Begins
GOES TO FAITH
Rev. W. T. Whittington,
former pastor of the West Jef
ferson Baptist church, who
has accepted a call to Faith.
Whittington Has
Accepted Call
To Faith Church
Former West Jefferson Pas
tor Will Move To New
Field This Month
Rev. W. T. Whittington, who
made an enviable record as a pas
tor of the West Jefferson Baptist
church and as a community lead
er before leaving here to go to
Damascus, Va., has accepted a
call to Faith, near Salisbury.
Mr. Whittington has also made
a fine record at Damascus, where
church officials point out it is
with regret that they see him
go. During his stay at Damascus,
five new Sunday school rooms
have been added to the church,'
it aas also l>een equipped with;
a dining room and kitchen, a new
carpet has Inen added and there
have been around 100 new mem
bers to join. In addition to this,
a new pastorium has also been!
built.
W ’ *1 ere Mr. Whittington
has a,. .eon identified with
community activities and served
for some time as director o! the
personnel department of Lincoln
(Cor. inued on page 4)
1948 TOWN AUTO TAGS
ARE NOW AVAILABLE
Automob. ( tags for residents'
vehicles for 1048 are now avail
able at tiie town hall, Ralph
Campbt " clei k. stated this week.
All residents of West Jefferson,
are required to have town tags
and they should be placed on ve
hicles by February 1. Mr. Camp
bell stated.
Warm Weather Hails Arrival:
Farming Prospects Also
Appear To Be Good
Business leaders here, as well'
as elsewhere, point out that an
advance picture of 1948 appears
something like 1947. with possible
improvements in some fields,
where there will be more mer
chandise available.
Because of the definite down
ward trends in styles, fewer
people are expected to cline *o
their outmoded clothes and sales
of style merchandise are expected
to show an increase.
Automobiles, radios and some
other mechanical and electrical
equipment are expected to be
more plentiful during the year,
but still not enougn to go around,
according to advance reports.
In this section, where farming
is the major industry, the farm
out look is brighter. The estab
lishment of the tobacco mark •.
the expansion of the Turkish to
bacco program, the possibilities
of improving dairy herds through
the artificial breeding, the in
crease in the production of grade
A milk and the erection .4 a:
number of grade A barns ar< in-1
dications of increased income.
The weather for the latter part
of 1947 has been unusually mild'
and the New Year dawned j
equally so. Just how long this j
unusual winter weather can con- i
tinue is not predicted.
Fish And G a me
Club Meets Mon.
The Ashe Fish and Game club'
will hold its regular meeting next;
Monday night at the City Cafe
in West Jefferson at 7:30 p. m.
Award of prizes for the member
ship contest which closed last
night will be made at this meet
ing, it was announced. Members
are also reminded that the elec
tion of new officers will be held
at this meeting.
The presence of all members,
new and old, is urgently requt st
ed by the program committee,
and prospective new members*
are also cordially invited to at
tend.
1<*<‘ (xram Shop
Will Nol Open
The Skyline Ice Cream Shop,
which was scheduled to have t.ie
grand opening here Saturday af
ternoon as announced el sew her ■
in this paper, will not open. Den
nis Lewis, owner, stated today. j
It was not learned until after j
publication that equipment!
scheduled to arrive would be de
layed.
Flans for the opening date will
be announced later, Mr. Lewis!
pointed out.
General Eisenhower Is Given Medal
General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, is shown
as he was presented with the gold medal of the Pensyl
vania society for distinguished achievement, hy Sen., Ed
ward Martin (R. Penn.), left, while Thomas I. Parkinson,
president of the society looks on.
A Happy New Year To Everyone, Everywhere
George Perkins,
c
Former Count y
Man Is Killed
Dies *n Asheville Hospital
After Injuries In Auto
mobile Accident
Funeral service was held on(
Sunday in Asheville for George
0. Perkins, 49. who died Friday
in an Asheville hospital as a re
sult of injuries sustained Thurs
day evening when the car he was
driving was struck by a bus, |
about a mile east of the Beau
catcher tunnel.
State Highway Patrolman
Dwight Ray, who investigated the
accident which caused the death
of Mr. Perkins, said that James
B. Robinson, driver of the Queen
City bus which struck the cur
being driven by Mr. Perkins, was
arrested and placed under bond
of $1,000 for his appearance lit
the inquest Saturday. No charge,
was brought, pending action by
the coroner's jury.
Tin, investigating .officer quo
ted the drivi r of the bu- as sav
ing the bus Struck iee and skid
ded against the car in which Mr.
Perkins and his son were riding.
It was reported the bus was pas
sing anotht.r car tit the time it
went into a skid. Mr. Perkins and
his son were taken to Mis.-i.n
hospital.
Kenneth Perkins. 14. son of
Mr. Perkins of Haw Creek, who
was riding in the car being driv
en by lus father, suffered minor
injuries, hospital authorities said.
Mr. Perkins was born Decem
ber 13. 1898 #t Orion. H< ■'
graduated from the University
of North Carolina law school in
1926 and has resided here since
(Continued on page 4,
ARRIVAL OF NEW
YEAR CELEBRATED
Aslie county people, along
with others, celebrated the ar
rival of the New Year with
traditional watch parties and
ether festivities.
A number attended the dance
at tlie community budding.
Others greeted the comm of
1 :i 18 in smaller parties.
The absence.of fire crackers
brought the year in nobler
than usual: but bells and other
no'se-makers were heard
I)r. and Mrs. J. Bruce Bar
ter, held their annual party
at Jefferson, when around 10
guests were nresent to enjoy
their hospitality and welcome
the New Year.
New - Grower Applications
For Tobacco Allotments
Must Be Filed By Feb. 1
if
Horse And Mule
(llinies To Open
< hi J a n u a r v 12
All Farmers Are Urged To
Have Work Stock Exam
ined Bv Veterinarian
The annual horse and mule
clinic will be held in the county,
beginning January 11}, H. D.
Quessenberry, county agent, an
nounced this week. A complete'
schedule, announcing ‘ime and i
place of examinations for work
■stock, is row being worked out'
and will be announced next wn k.
The series of clinics will last
for tight days, beginning Jan
(Continued on Page 4)
Rotarians \N i!!
Mvul i oniiilif
Rotariar.s an reminded that
the regular meeting of the Jef
ferson Rotary club will not In
held tonight in observance
New Year's Day.
The club will meet as usual
next Thursday, January 8. aftei
observing both Christmas and
New Year's.
Eligibility Of New Growers
Is Outlined By
ACA Office
It was announced thus week by
the ACA office that the closing
date for filing applications for
new-grower tobacco allotments
is February 1.
Attention of those seeking al
lotments is called to the follow
ing requirements:
The operator shall have had ex
perience in growing hurley to
bacco either as a snare cropper,
tenant, or as a farm operator
during two of the past five years.
A v, teran shall be eligible if he
has had experience in growing
tobacco during one year either
within the five years immediate
ly prior to his entry or knee his
•1 .'Charge from tin armed thr
ees.
The farm operator shall live
and be largely dependent for his
livelihood on the farm covered
by the application, unk ss the
community and county commit
tee determines that he .lees not
live on the farm because of con
ditions beyond his control, such
as inability to obtain material
with which to repair or construct
a house on the farm.
The farm covered by the appli
cation shall be the only farm own
(Continued on page 8)
Prices Climb To \il - Time
High As ^ (‘iir (Monies To Pm I
Washington- Whole.-.! e )>• e
continued their steady clinm
during the week ending Dec. 20.
shaft :ing postwar records a on
edging closer to the all-times
high of May, 1920, the Bureau of
Lai i Stat ist ics ej ted y
day- r
However, food prices ore no t
slight
pecially for meats, eggs, fats and
oil- This was offset somewhat,
the bureau said, by higher i in
ures for fresh fruits and! vege
tables. Prices id' feed-; wer 0.-’
percent lower than a month .a:
ier, but still 11.7 per cent above
a year ago.
The wholesale price index cov
ering about 900 commodities ro.-e
seven-tenths of one per cent dur
ing the week to come within three
per cent of the record level ot
May, 1920. The bureau pointed
out that increases in ti '■'.,^ri(■'11 -
tural commodities moia than off
set the decline for tin fond group.
The wholesale price ini’ \ for
the week was 1(12.5 pin' cut of
the 1926 average.
The new index is 2.1 i r cc-t
above four weeks a: Her 16.2
.. cent above a year ago. 100.
T per cert above the cerresponri
r; week of 1007. alto 7 1.17 p-.r
r nt above the Pivrnioer. 192o.
index.
Or tlu avei i t iuct
front.i ago and 15.0 per cent ab \o
were 4.4 per cent highe • than a
year ago. The weekly advance
was 0.4 pi r cent, caused chiefly
by livestock advances.
Large supplies of hogs, in the
previous week, were reflected in
lower prices of pork. Lamb prices
also declined. Beef, veal and
(Continued on page 4)
Expect High e r
Prices During
Remaining Time
Tri-S t a t e Warehouse Has
Plenty Of Floor Space;
Receiving Tobacco
The Tri-State Burley Tobaccc
Wareaouse, here is now receiv
ing tobacco for the after holiday.
, sales scheduled to re-open or.
Monday morning. January 5.
According to all indications,
prices will be slightly higher
than they were before the Christ
mas holidays and all farmers arc
invited to bring the remainder
| of their crops to West Jefferson
The new market has plenty of
floor space and can sell tobaccc
the day it comes in as soon as the
! sales are resumed Monday, it wa;
pointed out. The market also has
i plenty of buyers and graders
The million pound mark was hit
i before the holidays.
"We were pleased with the
number of farmers we were able
to serve before the holidays at
well as the prices brought, con
sidering the quality of the to*
i bacco,” C. C. Taylor said He
added that they were looking
forward to serving even more
when the sale.- are resumed next
week.
Toe new West Jefferson ware*
; .louse is largely owned by fa: -
, mers and every effort is made
! at all times to serve the needs of
, the growers.
Breed in" W orL
To Begin i)n Sat.
Clifford Koontz Is Te. i,aci»n.
Farmers Urged To S ign
l s Their Cows
Plans for activating artil'ic.
breeding work in the county c
Saturday were perfected a:
meeting in the county agent s r
fice Tuesday night.
H. D. Quessenberry urged tl
all farmers who had not sigr*
up their cows do so immediate"
as some more are needed to fin
ance the program.
The artificial brteding program
is being sponsored by the Guern
sey Breeders Association in this
county and a technician is being
employed to inseminate the pre
scribed cows of tne member;
with viable semen, fut rhsiied by
the Southeastern Artie- d Breed
ers Association (prove;: bulls ■ •
Guernsey. Jersey and Holstein
Clifford Koontz. who has hah
Mjee,.i training in tins work a*
A
t.re requt
page 4)
Will
To* ii To lie Rid
Of Slrav Dogs
Citix h tilt town of West
Jefferson are reminded of the
town «•: dinancc which states that
dogs re not allowed to roam at
large through the town, Ralph
Campbell, clerk. . taU-d this week.
Beginning t >.!;.> and continuing
tn rough : xt week, all stray doer:
, that ar • ."imd n town, will he
shot. IVs t wtiers are asked to
keep tin. .. ‘s confined at home.
Bank Hearing is
He ld Tuesday
Gin r lr Hood. N. C. C ' •
"d . Btink^ la d a he - -
•i ' ' coninam ty build n.
Tn s : y : ■ censide: the ap*
■l : n f : u Northwestern
■k to a r lr ranch in W
j :T ; •• *n ..nri to close the branch
,o .'offer.- n.
T wre was some testimony of*
i objecting to the1 removal of
Jeff rs ■!! branch as wed •,?
m re hi favor of the remove'
The application will be considered
again before the N. C. Banking
j commission in Raleigh, this
I month