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Damage that 'll
into hundreds of t|
of dollars resulted iN|£2
county this week from tt
flood conditions Tuesdaji
An unprecendeniecl rain
fall, beginning | Saturday
and continuing through
Tuesday made jaging tor
rents of the rivers and
streams and swept away
highways, bridges, crops,
buildings, etc. No section
of the county escaped dam
age from the hard winds
which accompanied the
storm, and the flood
waters.
-Highways
Every highway in the co
unty is greatly damaged
with wash outs and slides
blocking many roads. The
highway to Erwin was clos
ed by noon Tuesday, and a
tremendous slide on high
way 104 has blocked the
road to Marion. It is im
possible to reach Pensa
cola with the main high
way and the Low Gap road
blocked. v-. ■
No bridges on the main
highways are out, it was
reported Wednesday but
some are damaged. Prac
tically every, small private
bridge and swinging bridge
in the county are gone, and
in the South Toe section
both the Seven Mile and
Blue Rock bridges were
swept away.
Rail Road
The destruction of the
Black Mtn. rail road track
is the that older re
sidents of the county hav«j
ever seen. During the high
est flood stage practically
every mile of track was
under water and every
bridge from Micaville to
Bowditch is out. It is esti
mated that it would take
two weeks to repair the
track from Burnsville to
Kona and an additional
two weeks to open it to
Bowditch.
Saw Mills and Lumber
Perhaps the greatest in
dividual losses were- suf
fered by lumber men. t>At
Ramseytown it was report
ed that the saw mill and
approximately one million
feet of lumber belonging
to Rex Lewis jjpd W. D.
Adkins was swept aivay
with an estimated loss of
around $25,000. Roscoe
Banks of Banks Bros. Co.
said they lost heavily too
in the Pensacola section.
Crops and Farm Lands
It would be impossible to
give any estimate of the
damage to the growing
crops and to the crop lands
of the county. Many Indi
vidual farmers say their
losses will reach thousands
of suf
fered, and the richest
farming lands badly dam
aged by the flood.
Buildings
At Riverside the pole
cabins and Holiness church
were carried away Tues
day afternoon, and the
Peltz dam and Mica Mill at
were also lost.
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i August 9th.\ g., 64 i was a
- large delegri l * ll^ » present
1 from several *l’,arches.
? The program began at
, 9:15 a. m. with Guss Peter
» son as moderator and Miss
-Ollie Styles as clerk. Dr. I.
* G. Greer, Superintendent
i of the Baptist Orphanage
I at Thomasville, was guest
speaker."
The following took part
■ on the program: Mr. T. K.
1 Riddle, Rev. B. S. Hensley,
1 H. G. Bailey, Rev. A. Z,
! Jamerscm, Rev. Arthur
Pate, Monroe Mclntosh,
Ralph Young, S. E. Tilson
■ and Miss Laura Hilliard, a
1 state worker.
The following officers
were elected for the com
ing year:
Moderator, H. G. Bailey;
Sec., Ollie Styles; County
Supt., Ralph Young; Adult
Supt., T. K. Riddle; Young
Peoples Supt., Mrs. A. Z.
Jamerson; Intermediate
Supt*, Vergie Dun c a if*
Junior Supt., Mrs. Monroe
Mclntosh; Primary Supt.,
Mrs. Dawson Briggs; Beg
inners Supt., Mozelie Car
ter; Bible School Supt.,
Rev. A. Z. Jamerson; Ex
tension Department Supt.,
E v elyn Hunter; Cradle
Roll Dept. Supt., Gladys
Edwards.
Dr. Greer brought a very
forceful message using as
his subject “Human Pot
tery.” How our lives are
moulded spiritually was
made , very clear.
Numerous smaller build
ings were either carried
away or badly damaged.
Water Main Broken
Tho town of Burnsville
has been without water
since Tuesday when about
300 feht of the Main was
washed up at Bolens Creek.
A WPA force joined a
number of workmen from
town to repair the damage.
The dam and power
house of the Northwest
Carolina Utilities on Cane
River was under three feet
of water by noon Tuesday,
but electric power was
furnished by the auxiliary
plant.
Numerous -telephones in
town were out of order
and service to Asheville
was not restored till Wed
nesday night.
Tourists Stranded
A number of tourists,
passing through the coun
ty, were stranded here for
several days till highways
could be opened up. Many
of these had come, from
the storm sections in South
Carolina and Georgia.
Crews of workmen have
been on the job ever since
the storm began, and nor
mal conditions are rapidly
being restored in all sec
tions.
Cause Great
County
, ’ tax penalty and cost $3.!
3 * »an, w. K., 10 lots, val. $'
, Since Iltqalty and cost $13.28.
I and wells > w - A *» 31 acres, VI
t face
ent contamination t* andj
; drinking water.
Persons in Burnsville are
i also advised to boil drink
. ing water secured from
: other sources than the mu
• nicipal supply while the
; town supply is cut off. '
Persons interested in
protecting their springs
and well from future con
’ tamination by surface dra
| inage can secure plans and
! assistance from the Dist.
Health Department. J.
J. Croley, M. D., District
Health Officer.
ADULT TUBERCULOSIS
CLINIC FOR YANCEY
COUNTY AUGUST 19th
AND 20th, 19b0
the District Health De-
in cooperation
with the North Carolina
State Sanatorium will
sponsor a elinie fqr the
early diagnosis of adult
tuberculosis in Yancey
County August 19th and
20th, 1940. •
As the examinations are
to be made by a chest
specialist free of charge
including fluroscopic ex
amination, all adults pre
senting signs, symptoms or
living in contact with a
case of tuberculosis should
take advantage of these
clinics, and be examined.
Due to the time limited
for this county it will be
necessary for each indivi
dual to make an appoint
ment at the office of the
District Health Depart*
ment, in Burnsville. No
examinations will be made
unless appointment i s
made previously.
The tuberculin test will
be given in the office of
the District Health De
partment Thursday and
Saturday mornings.
Be tested and examined.
Tuberculosis is like a house
on fire, and it can only be
put out when discovered
early.
J. J. Croley, M. D., Dis
trict Health Officer.
WILSON FAMILY
REUNION
The Wilson Family Re
union and Decoration will
be held the fourth Sunday
in this month, August 25,
at the old John Wilson
home on Wilson Branch,
All friends are invited to
attend.
The reunion will be held
in the morning, and then
a picnic lunch at 12:00
o’clock. Following this
the decoration will be held.
We are expecting a .num
ber of singers and speak
ers to be with us for the
day.
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BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1940 «
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FARMERSt WILL AT
TEND CONVENTION
AT HOONT? -
Plans are now being
-evdipleted for a large dele
gationcl Yancey County
farmers, to Attend the 4th
annual Western North
Carolina farmwLs’ conven
neTd in
freJ, tax pjffAugust 20 and
cost w j lso racialists in many
aiuo address the
26. Wilson If.
5T50, farmers
aiue |i7o4gedlto attend, and
4 - 82 - J? C. Sil Conservation
“"U&fiation will furnish
gas and i £ for cars and
, trucks of demonstration
farmers vuo will attend.
All other j iterested farm
ers, even t ough they are
‘ not on thi '"program, are
invited to 1 ttend the b two
day meetin .
The fourii annual West
, ern North Carolina Far
mers’ convntion will be
held at Applachian State
Teachers’ Allege, Boone
on August ( i » and 21. Fred
S. Sloan of Franklin, Wes
tern distric farm agent
of the stati college exten
sion service is in charge
of arrangen ents. The pre
vious meeti gs have been
held at Cul >whee. " "
Sloan announces that
the Boone meeting will
vary somewiat from other
conventions] in that the
delegates viil be * divided
into ..groups the
ffrsJt afwnwP iTuekiayi
and reports and recom
mendations will be made
by representatives of the
groups at the final session
Wednesday morning.
The formal program will
include talks by well known
agricultural leaders, of the
state and South. Regis
tration will begin at 8 the
morning of August 20 and
the first session will begin
at 1 in the afternoon.
McAmis To Speak
A welcome will be ex
tended by Dr. B. B. Dough
erty, president of Appala
chian college. R. W. Shoff
ner, extension farm man
agement economist of
State college in charge of
the TV A demonstration
farm program, will tell of
the development of that
program, centered in the
15 mountain counties with
in the TVA watershed.
The only other address on
the first afternoon’s pro
gram will be by J. C. Mc-
Amis, director of the agri
cultural relations division
of the Tennessee Valley
authority. He will discuss
“The Place of Phosphate
in Developing a. "Program
of Proper Land Use and
Conservation of Soil and
Water Resources.”
Frank H. Jeter, agricul
tural editor of N< C. State
college, Raleigh, will speak
Tuesday evening on “De
velopments in the Demon
stration Farm Program of
Interest to the Public.”
Pictures of the accomplish
ments in the demonstra
tion program Will follow
Mr. Jeter’s address.
Dr. I. O. Schaub, dean of
agriculture, director of ex
tension and acting direc
tion of the experiment sta
tion of State college, will
conclude the meeting Wed
nesday.
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FUNERAL SERVICES t
FOR MRS. WILLARD
SMITH, 59
Funeral Services for Mrs.
Willard Smith, 59, were
held at the Elk Shoal
church at J0:3O o’clock
Thursday morning, August
8. Rev. R. D. Ponder and
Rev. J. N. Snow officiated.
Her nieces were flower
girls and her nephews were
active pall bearers. Mrs.
Smith passed away on
August 6th following a
long ißness.
Surviving are her hus
band; two children, Grace
and Ward; four sisters,
Mrs. Polly Mclntosh anil
Mrs; I. M. Randolph of
Swiss, Mrs. Z. E. Mclntosh
of Bald Creek and Mrs. T.
F. Hughes of Cane River.;
three brothers, Willard
King of Alexander, Sam
King of Cane River and R.
A. King of Burnsville. A
Host of friends and other
relatives also survive.
“DOUBLES” OF HOLLY
WOOD STARS HERE -
SUNDAY
One of the most enter
taining features ever of
fered here will be brought
■to the Yancey Theatre
through the courtesy of
Warner Bros.;. M. G. M.,
Columbia and R. K. O. stu
dios.
The talented standi-ns
and doubles for such fam
ous stars a*/Mae West. Ed
ward Arnold, Greta Garbo,
etc. Will present a very un
usual revue which has won
acclaim in may cities.
The screen attraction
will be James Oliver Cur
wood’s “River’s End.”
There will he no advance
in admission prices.
OUTDOOR STUDY CLUB
OF CHARLOTTE SPENDS
TWO DAYS STUDYING
MT. MITCHELL AREA
The Womens Outdoor
Study Club of Charlotte,
N. C., spent June 18 and 19
on the Mount Mitchell j
Game Refuge studying the
animal and plant life on
that area. This group of
prominent women is inten
sely interested in nature
and most of them are well
versed in biological sub
jects.
The field trip to Mount
Mitchell was sponsored by
Mrs. W. Sinclair Stewart
of Charlotte and head
quarters were made at Mt.
Mitchell Game Refuge
Lodge where the entire
group were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Chalk.
R. B. Armfieldt and E. L.
Meadows, Field Biologists
of the Division of Game
and Inland Fisheries,
showed moving pictures of
various features of the
game program including
food and cover plantings,
game farm operations and
other activities of the Divi
sion. Refuge Supervisor G.
N. Mease conducted field
trips.
Mses Elizabeth Bradley
is spending a few days in
Gastonia.
Mrs. Gertrude Meyers of
Charleston, S. C. is the
guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Johnnie Johnson.
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Troy Blankenship On Trinl
For Slaying of Bud Towe
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Yancey Baptist Association
Will Meet With Indian
Creek Church
The annual* Baptist As
sociational meeting will be
held with the Indian Creek
phurch on Friday and Sat
urday, August 30 and 31.
Monroe Mclntosh is mod
erator and Miss Evelyn
Hunter is clerk of the as
sociation. V
The general theme of the
meeting will be, The
Church in its Ministry to
Human Needs. On the Fri
day morning program Rev.
Jeter Hensley will bring
the devotional; E. F. Wat
son and a representative
from the Orphanage will
bring the report on the
Orphanage. Rev. P. L. Mc-
Mahan will preach the ser
mon, with Rev. E. J. Hall
as alternate.
The Friday afternoon
session will begin at 1:30
with devotional by Rev. W.
S. Woody. Speakers will
include Dr. Hoyt Black
well, Dover R. Fouts, Rev.
J. H. Black, C. P. Randol
ph. The Friday evening
session will be in charge of
the Baptist T*ai n ing
Union. Miss Irene Maney,
Miss Evelyn Hunter, Miss
Ollie Styles, Miss Buna
Ellen Bailey, Hugh Tom
berlin anil* Ralph Young
will speak.
On Saturday morning
Rev. A. Z. Jamerson will
have the devotional, and
H. G. Bailey, S. E. Tilson,
Rev. B. S. Hensley and M.
A. Adams will speak. Sat
urday afternoon Rev. J, D.
King will have the devo
tional and discussions will
be lead by Rev. R. E. Pow
ell, Mrs. Ella Ray, Rev. Ben
Lee Ray and Guss Peter
son. Election of officers
will be held at 4:00 o’clock.
All Baptist churches in
the county are urged 16
send delegates to the asso
ciation.
NOTICE"
A temporary water line
has been laid to supply the
town with water. It will
take at least two days to
repair the main line, and
during that time it will be
necessary to conserve the
water supply as carefully
sis possible.
All citizens who have
leaky water connections in
their homes are asked to
have these repaired imme
diately.
I shall check on all con
nections to see that these
repairs have been made.—
(Ed Bryant, Water super
intendent).
Rev. Ben Lee Ray To
Preach Here Sunday
Rev. Ben Lee Ray of
Pensacola will preach Sun
day morning, Aug. 18th at
11 a. m. at the Burnsville
Baptist church. A cordial
welcome awaits all who
will attend.
Miss Chloe Honeycutt,
who has been teaching in
the Indian Schools in New
Mexico for several years
is spending her vacation
here.
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NUMBER TWO
The trial of Troy Blan
kenship, charged with the
slaying of Deputy Sheriff
E. (Bud) Towe
began Monday morning in
Superior Court here.
Judge Bobbitt of Charlotte
is presiding,
Assisting solicitor Clar
ence O. Ridings in prose
cuting are Geo. L. Pritch
ard of Asheville and Char
les Hutchins of Burnsville.
The cmfft appointed the
firm of Anglin and Ran
dolph to appear for the
defendant.
Serving on the jury are
Grayson Robinson, Champ
Ray, U. B. Deyton, Dave
Thomas, - Ernest Hughes,
Hiram B. Hensley, S. L.
Hensley, Nelson King,
Floyd King, G. C. Hunter,
Dell Edwards, Geo. EL
Thomas, Louis Mclntosh,
(13th juror).
The state is now taking
evidence in the case.
Through Wednesday after
noon the following wit
nesses had been called to
the stand: Miss Eliza An
gel, Sheriff Donald Banks,
deputy Sheriff P. M.
Banks, Arthur Proffitt,
Ray Yelton, Walter Silver,
A, G. Messer of Asheville,
C. H. Bauphan, ballistics
expert of Washington, D.
C., Floyd Hudgens.
Hearing of the, case wasf ,
resumed when court con
vened Thursday morning;
Minor Cases Heard
State vs. Glenn Metcalf
Defendant plead guilty of
non support of child. Six
months pri so n sentence
suspended on condition
that he pay $lO per month
for support of child.
State vs Kyle Riddle,
charged with reckless driv
ing, not guilty.
State vs. Raymond Way
caster, charged with driv
ing while intoxicated. Not
guilty.
State vs Clate McLaugh
lin. Plead guilty of viola
tion of prohibition laws.
Not yet sentenced.
State vs Newland Wil
son. Plead guilty of passing
a worthless check. Thirty
days sentence suspended
on payment of amount of
check and costs.
State vs Willard Fox.
Plead guilty of driving
drunk. SSO and costs, and
license revoked for twelve
months.
State vs Joe Hensley and
Andy Howell. Plead guilty
of violating prohibition
laws. Sixty days suspended
on payment of costs.
State vs Lat Edwards.
Plead guilty of violation of
prohibition laws.
State vs Merdick Led
ford, driving drunk. SSO -
and costs. License revoked
for 12 months.
State vs Ban Bodford.
Plead guilty, driving drunk
S6O costs and license
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State VS Trov and Wav
ne Church. Ptead guilty
SSO and" coßte. hiblti ° n UWB *
State vs Frank Mit h n
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