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< VOLUME FOUR
DEPUTY SLAIN BY
TWO MEN FOLLOW
ING ROBBERY
Bud Towe Dies of Gunshot
Wounds
Deputy Sheriff William
E. (Bud) Towe, of Prices
Creek, was killed and Clay
Mclntosh, Guard at the
Prison Camp, was slightly
wounded, Thursday after
noon at 5:00 o’clock as they
were searching for three
men .n connection with a
robbery. The shooting oc
curred near Swiss.
Thursday afternoon
three men, armed with
shotguns and pistols and
with their faces blacked,
to the home of Miss
Eliza Angel on Fox’s Creek
and told her they wanted
her money. When she said
that she did not have any
they threatened her, took
her trunk out into the
yard, tore off the lid and
took $115.00 in currency
that was in the trunk.
”’Her screams attracted
neighbors who called the
Sheriffs Office. Sheriff
Banks, Deputy Sheriff
Towe and other officers
went to investigate. They
went by the Prison Camp
to get blood hounds to
track the men, and! Mcln
tosh, who is in charge of
the* hotmds fct the camp, ac
companied them. At the
scene of the robbery the
bloodhound picked up the
trail and the officers split
into two groups, Towe and
Mclntosh going together.
The robbers were tracked
for about five or six miles
and surrounded on a small
knoll.
Two meivwere sighted at
a distance by Sheriff
Banks and the group with
him and several shots were
fired. Then the two sus
pected robbers apparently
decided to take cover. They
took the path guarded by
Mclntosh and Towe and
when the Deputy called on
them to halt, replied by
opening fire.
Towe was almost in
stantly killed by the charge
from a shotgun and by
rifle shot. Mclntosh receiv
ed a flesh wound in the
side. ~
A large number of offi
cer's, including Patrolmen
and Special Deputies, made
an intensive search for the
men throughout Thursday
night and Friday. On Fri
day afternoon Troy Blank
enship, ( 34, of Burnsville
was arrested for question
ing in the case and has
benn held since.
A shotgun, believed~to
have been the one usedUn
the killing, was found Sun
day on Indian Creek. No
further arrests jiave been
made.
Funeral Services
Funeral services were
conducted for Mr. Towe at
the "Paint Gap Presbyteri
an church Sunday morning
June 16th. Officiating min
isters were Rev. W. M.
Hensley of Woodfin, and
Rev. W. E. Wilson, Pastor
of the Paint Gap church.
Mr. , Towe, age 69, was
born on Prices Creek in
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THE YANCEY RECORD
SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR.
FUNERAL RITES CON
DUCTED FOR L. C.
McCALL, 44
Funeral rites were held
in Washington, D. C., Thu
rsday June 13 for L.
Claude McCall, 44, World
war veteran. Burial was
in Arlington cemetery.
Death occured suddenly
Tuesday night following a
heart attack.
Mr. McCall, well known
in McDowell, Mitchell and
Yancey counties, was born
at Ashford. For a number
of years he made his home
in Spruce Pine and later
in Burnsville. He married
Miss Lora Lee Lyon, of
Yancey county, who ' sur
vives, together with a
daughter, Miss Maxine
McCall. For sometime Mr.
McCall and family had re-
in Washington where
he was engaged in govern
ment service.
Other survivors include
his mother, Mrs. Emma
McCall, of Spruce Pine;
two sisters, Mrs. C. A. Pet
erson, of Spruce Pine, and
Mrs. Louise McCall, of
Ashford; and four broth
ers, Professor J. W. Mc-
Call, of Waxhaw, Melvin
McCall, of Columbia, S. G.,
and R. S. and W. T. McCall
of Spruce Pine’ ' 1
WOMAN’S CLUB
MEETING
The Woman’s Club held
its regular meeting on
Thursday, June 13, at the
home of Mrs. C. P. Ran
dolph, with Mrs. Louise W.
Higgins associate hostess.
The business session was
held with the president,
Mrs. W. B. Wray, Jr., pre
siding. Reports were
heard, and the club voted
to hold a Golden Jubilee
Birthday' Party Silver
Tea on July 11, at 3:30 p.
m., at the clubhouse. This
will also be the last meet
ing of the club before it
disbands for the summer
months. Committees were
appointed to serve in con
nection with this social
event.
Mrs. J. P. Lyon was pro
gram leader for the after
noon and had as her sub
juct “American Drama.”
She read a very interesting
original paper on that sub
ject and then presented
the following program:
Review of a one-act play,
“Enter The Hero,”
sa Helburne by Mrs. Joe
Young.
Piano Solo, “Valse Chro
natique,’f Benjamin God
ard, by Mary Glatly.
The hostesses served a
dessert course during the
social hour.
Mountain Evangelist Will
Hold Meeting At MicaviUe
Dan H. Graham of
Blountville, Term.* widely
known as the “Mountain
Evangelist” Will begin a
series of evangelistic meet
ings at Micaville, begin
ning June 26th. Services
will be held in a large tent,
and wide interest is ex
pected to be shown in the
meeting. [r
Song services will begin
at 7:30 p. m. and preaching
at 8 o’clock (such evening.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C., TIfURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1940
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Association W, M. U. Will
Meet Wednesday June 26th
The Yancey Association
Woman’s Missionary Uni
on, will hold the annual
meeting on Wednesday,
June 26th at Bolens Creek
Baptist church. Services
will begin at 10:00 o’clock.
AH Missionary Societies,
G. A., R. A. and Sunbeam
organizations are asked to
send representatives. ’All
pastors and women of the
churches in the association
that do" not have Mission
ary organizations are in
vited to the meeting.
Mrs. W. Z. Robertson of
Burnsville is Associational
Superintendent.
FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD FOR SAM COX
'.I Funeral. services for Sam
Cox, 72, t>f Ivy were held
there Monday afternoon.
He died suddenly on Sun
day, June 1 16.
Mr. Cox was widely
known- throughout Yancey
county as well as Madison
county.
INFANT. DIES AT
SWISS -
Dean Taylor, the IS
months old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Reggie Taylor o f
Swiss, died Monday affter
noon following an illness
of scarlet fever. Funeral
services"-were ebndticteif
Wednesday by Rev. Bas
comb Hensjey, pastor _.of
Mt. Pleasant -Baptist
cnurch.
FEDERATION
Asheville, June 19.—Ap
proximately 4,500 stock
holders of the Farmers
Federation will share in a
three per cent semi-annual
dividend payable July 1
on both common and pre
ferred stock of record June
15, accprding to an an
nouncement by James G.
K. McClure, of
the farm cooperative.
This, will be the federa
tion’s 13th consecutive
semi-annual dividend pay
ment. It was declared at
a recent meeting of the
directors at which favor
able reports were submit
ted on the organizations
business during the first
half of the year.
Dividend payments will
be made by check to hold
ers of preferred shares
and, in some instances to
holders of common stock;
but most of the latter will
be paid in cash at the near
est federation warehouse.
Under a recent amend
ment to the by-laws, divid
ends on partial paid shares,
most of which have accu
mulated by virtue of pat
ronage dividend distribu
tions, will be paid in stock
credits until a full share
is attained.
~ BIBLE SCHOOL AT
UPPER JACKS CREEK
A very successful Daily
Vacation Bible School was
held at the Upper Jacks
Creek Presbyterian ehureh
last week. The sehooPwas
conducted by Misses Ruth
Jobe, and Mamie Evans,
and J. S. -baFevre., There
was an average attend
ance of 40.
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DR. R. <X JONES WILL
ENTER PRIVATE
PRACtICE HERE
Resigns as* District Health
Officer
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Dr. R. Q| Jones, who for
the past two years has
been Distipt Health Offi
cer of Avery and Yancey
counties tendered his
resignation# to the State
Board o£| Health. - Dr.
Jones will enter private
practice inf Burnsville on
July 1„
Dr. Jonis’ work here
during the? past two years
has been wy highly suc-r
cessful, and* has met with
the hearty! approval of
county and'jtown officials
with whom hf has coopera
.. ted-:~.. - .
been made in public health
I work, and the program in
the two counties has been
expanded during his term
of office. !
For his college work Dr.
Jones attended Johns Hop
kins University in Balti
more, John B. Stetson Uni
versity, Deland, Fla., and
Duke University, in Dur
ham. He received his M,
D. degree at Duke Univer
sity Medical School in 1935.
Following this he served
one year of interneship in
Medical service of Univer
sity of Chicago* Clinics,
Chicago, 111.
Dr. Jones then served as
resident physician at Bak
er Sanatorium, Lumber
ton, N. C. for one year. In
March 1936 he entered
Public Health School a t
Chapel Hill from which he
received a certificate i n
Public Health. He is a
diplomate of the National
Board of Medical examin
ers and was licensed to
practice in Florida by ex
amination and in North
Carolina by reciprocity.
For several months prior
to accepting a position as
district health officer for
Avery and Yancey coun
ties, Dr. Jones served as
director of venereal dis
ease work with the Dur
ham Health Department.
Dr. Jones is a member of
the Sigma Phi Epsilon un*
dergraduate fraternity,
the Alpha Kappa Kappa
Medical fraternity, and the
International Lions Club.
He married Miss Mar
garet Moore of Norfolk,
Va., and they have two
daughters./ Dr. Jones of
fice building was recently
completed on Main Street.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hus
kins and young daughter
are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Huskins.
FUNERAL RUES ARE
CONDUCTED FOR
DOLPH WILSON
* Adolphus Greenlee Wil
son, better known as
“Uncle Dolph,” died at his
home near Pensacola oh
Tuesday evening at 6:00
o’clock, one month after he
celebrated his 79th birth
day. He had been in failing
health for several months
and critically (ill since Sun
day.
Funeral services were
held Wednesday morning
at 11:00 o’clock at the Pen
sacola Methodist church.
The Rev. J. S. Folger of
Burnsville was in charge
of the services and he was
assisted by the Rev. Homer
Casto of Weaverville, a
former pastor and the Rev.
Ed Woody of Windom.
Judge Junius G. Adams of
Asheville, friend of the
family, spoke also, paying
tribute to the deceased.
Burial was in the Wilson
family cemetery near his
home.
Active pall bearers were
Emmett Wilson, Joe Rice,
Wayne Ray, Robert Ball
ard, Andy Burleson, Ben
Lee Ray, Rex Ray and
Howard Gardner. In
charge of the flowers were
Edith Ray, Grace Ray,
and Ruby
Wilson, Adalene Adkins,
Lillian Burleson, Ethel
Wilson, Romena G/een and
Eleanor McClure.
Surviving are his
widow, the former Miss
Columbia Jane Silvers,*
five children, Mrs. Emma
Hensley, Ewart and Tom
Wilson, all of Pensacola,
Mrs. Perida Bagwell of
Candler and Mrs. Zula Ray
of Swannanoa; two broth
ers, Sam and Wood Wil
son; and one sister, Mrs.
Anne Ray of Burnsville.
Nine grand children and a
numbpr of other relatives
also survive.
Mr. Wilson was born
near Pensacola on the Wil
son “Home Place” on May
18, 1861, and he' spent his
entire life there. He was
the son of “Big Tohi” and
Nigera Ray Wilson.
All his life Mr. Wilson
was closely identified with
the activities of his com
munity and of the county.
He helped to establish and
maintain a school which
the children of the neigh
borhood attended, and (he
■ was a faithful and loyal
i supporter of the church.
> For many years he taught
. a Sunday School class, and
i this he continued until a
. few weeks ago.
For over thirty five
years Mr. Wilson served
■ as a Justice of the Peace,
and he was president of
the Peoples Bank here. He
owned approximately 7,000
acres of land on the side
of Mt. Mitchell, and it was
over this property that the
Big Tom Wilson Motor
Road was built to the top
of the peak. Thousands of
visitors traveled oyer this
road to view the scenic
wonders from the crest of
the mountain.
Some years ago a large
’ Inn was built by Mr. Wil
-1 son to be used as a summer
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2ND PRIMARY WILL BE
HELD SATURDAY 22ND
Deyton and Fouts In Race
The second primary for
the nomination for Repre
sentative wiii be held in
J the, county on June 22nd.
! R. C. Deyton and Dover R.
| Fouts will be only two
| contestants in the primary.
Following the first pri
] mary on May 25 when
; Fouts received 1296 votes,
1 Deyton 1126 ’and ‘the other
tVYo in the race 501, Deyton
requested a second run off.
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FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR W. T. ROBERTSON
» Funeral services were
, held Tuesday afternoon at
j 2:00 o’clock at Mt. Pleasant
. Baptist church, Swiss, for
L Mr. W. T. Robertson, age
47, who died at his home
Monday afternoon follow
; ing a brief illness.
Mr. Robertson was a
r member of the Mt. Pleas-1
( ant Baptist church and was
j active in all community as-
I fairs. Services were con
ducted by Rev. B. S? Hens
k ley, pastor of the cnurch.
Honorary _ pall bearers
’ were J. M. Hensley, W. T.
, Tomberlin, A. P. Hensley,
[ Glen Proffitt, Horace
, Gibbs, Rassie Shepherd,
Herman Angel, Avon Jam-1
erson, Charlie Hill, Gilbert
, Hill W. J. Shepherd, B. M.
; T&nbifrflK, Charlie Fergu
[ son, A. H. Johnson and Al-
I dine Tomberlin.
Active pall bearers were
j Flay Hensley, Bill Tomber
-5 lin, Vance Hensley, Chaiv
. les Tomberlin, Edwin Hill,
Kile Jamerson, Virle
Briggs, Willie Jay Fergu
son.
• Surviving are his widow;
one daughter, Wanda; two
, sisters, Mrs. B. H. Ray,
, Concord, Mrs. Jim Fox,
Cane River.
Burial A was in the family
cemetery, with Holcombe
Funeral Home, Mars Hill,
in charge.
McCALL FAMILY
REUNION
On Sunday, June 23, the
McCall family will hold
its annual reunion at the
home of John W. McCall,
five miles south of Marion
on Highway 221. The pic
nic dinner will be at one
o’clock. This is expected
to be the greatest meeting
ever held of this large
family. ,
H-H CLUB
A series of meetings have
I been planned for 4-ffr clubs
to formulate plans for 4-H
Club Camps at Swannanoa
! and the State Short Course
I at Raleigh.
The club members will
; meet at the following
. places at dates designated,
l Burnsville 4-H Club at
( the Clubhouse Saturday,
, June 22 at 10:00 o’clock.
» Locust .Creek and Mica
• ville 4-H Clubs at Carolina
, Hemlock on June 24 at 12
\ noon. Picnic lunch.
j Clearmont Jr. and Sr.
) Clubs at Clearmont school,
F 6:00 p. m. Picnic supper,
Bald Creek Jr. and Sr.,
; Clubs at Bald Creek School
. June 25th qt, 2 p. m.
r Bee Log Club at Bee Log
School June 27th at 6 p. m.
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NUMBER FORTY-SIX
COUNTY QUOTA:f OR
WAR ROM IS S4OO
The Yancey county quota
for Red Cross War Relief
fund has been raised to
$400.00, and an intensive
drive is under way to reach
this amount within the
next few days. H. G: Bail
ey has been named chair
man of the War Relief
fund, and Clarence Briggs
is treasurer. Mrs. J. S. Le-
Fevre is Red Cross chair
men of the Yancey County
chapter.
In order to facilitate
raising of the quota each
township has been assign
ed a township quota. These
are:
Burnsville, $200.00.
Cane River, $50.00.
Crabtree, $50.00. _ .
Jacks Creek, $25.00.
Egypt, $15.00.
Prices Creek, $15.00.
Ramseytowh, $7.50.
Brush Creek, SIO.OO.
Green Mountflk, SIO.OO.
Pensacola*, slom
South Toe, $7.50.
The following persons
have been chosen to serve
hs chairman of the com
mittee to function in each
of the above townships in
seeing that these quotas
are raised: v
Burnsville, Gus Peter
son; Crabtree, Carl Silver;
son; Egypt, Miss Hope
Buck; Prices Creek, Miss
Annis Maney; Ramsey
town, Bruce Higgins;
Brush Creek, Claude C.
Hughes; Green Mountain,
Frank Howell; Pensacola,
Mrs. Dewey Jamerson ;
South Toe, Ed Gibbs.
Contributions Received
Workers report a most
gratifying response to the
appeal for the War Relief
funds. The largest contri
butions to date have been
received from the North
western Bank, Northwest
Carolina Utilities, Inc. and
Penland Lumber Company.
Each of these firms has
given $25.00 each. Liberal
contributions have been re
ceived from the following
individuals and firms:
Dr. G. M. Whisnant,
Baptist Men’s Bible Class,
Board of Education, Chas.
Gardner, Fred Proffitt,
Robert Maney, Guss Peter
son, Sheriff’s Department,
Anglin and Randolph,
Ellis Edwards, J. B. King,
J. Frank Huskins, NuWray
Hotels Mrs. G. W. Anglin,
Rabe Peterson, J. A. Pet
erson, Richmond Anglin, R.
L. Young, Ward Jones, W.
P. A. Office, Mrs. Lorene
Byrd, Lucy Gibbs, Perry
Sexton, Carl Riddle, E. N.
Stamey, George Hall, Bra
dy Fox, J. B. Wilson, L. V.
Pollard, L B. Wes&ll, Co
unty Agents office, Yancey
Record, Dover R. Fouts.
• Richard Petersoh has
built a large thermometer
which has been placed on
the square, and tfie “rising
temperature” will register
the response which’ the
citizens of this township
make to this urgent call.
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