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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
Major Fletcher TO
Accept An $4,000
!. Federal Position
81
State Commissioners OF Labor To
Resign For Assistant Wage
Hour Pos t.
MADE FINE RECORD

Major A. L. Fletcher, one of Ashe
county's most outstanding native
sons who is state commissioner of
labor, is expected to accept an ap-
pointment as assistant administrat-
or and director of the federal wage
hour act.
The $4,000 federal position was Of
fered to him last week and he was
expected to announce his decision
yesterday.
His present term as state labor
commissioner does not expire until
January 1941 and this job carries
a salary of SIS, $50 year.
T. A. Wilson and Forrest Shuford
have been highly recommended as
his successor. Shuford is now dep
uty labor commissioner and Wilson
is a member of the TAE industrial
commission.
Major Fletcher was born in AShe
county July 2, 1881. He was grad
uated at Wake Forest college, at
tended the Wake Forest and Uni
versity of North Carolina law
schools, and obtained his law Ii
cense in 1907.
Between 1907 and 1915, he was in
newspaper work, serving with the
Raleigh Times, Rockingham Post,
Durham Sun, and Lexington Dis
patch, and as Raleigh correspond
ent for the Charlotte Observer,
Asheville. Citizen and Winston
Salem Journal.
He went to the Mexican border
with the national guard as CORES
pondent for the Raleigh News and
Observer and as army field clerk at
brigade headquarters.
Fletcher was a captain in the
18th field artillery, 30th division,
during the world war, and from
1919 to 1921 he was chief of the
income tax division in the office of
the collector of internal revenue
here.
He was deputy state insurance
commissioner from 1921 to 1882,
when he was elected labor COM
missioner. He is now major judge
advocate general of the North Caro-
lima national guard.
Last October, at the national la
Dor conference he received one OF
IA certificates awarded for outstand-
ing achievement in the field of labor
legislation. The North Caroline
certificate was the only one award
ed to a southern state.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
Els ate $500
Enrolled In q
County Schools
French Teachers In Ashe, ALLIE
ghany And Watauga Counties
To Meet Next Wednesday.
RIvERvIEW OPENED WE'D.

Practically all of the 70 schools
in Ashe county opened Monday
morning and, according to early re-
ports, the enrolment for the 1888
80 school term will be the largest
IN the history of the county.
Last year the total enrolment was
6,176 and it is estimated that this
year it will reach $500.
Enrolled in the West jefferson
high school Monday were 125 stud
ents and in the grades there were
$50. Lansing's high school enroll
ment was 183, is more than the last
year figure and in the grades, 292.
Notwithstanding high reported a
high school enrolment of 1O6 and
221 in the grades. Figures from
the other schools were available
yesterday.
The Rivervlew high school did
not open until yesterday due to not
having the new bus which is being
secured from High Point this week
and the Healing Springs high school
opened on Tuesday instead of Mon
day since it is a practice there not
to have school on Monday.
At the West Jefferson high school
Prof. B. H. Duncan, principal, an
nounced that lunch room to furn-
ish hot lunches to all students at a
minimum cost will be opened ON
Sept. IA.
A conference of the French teach
ers in the high schools of Ashe,
Allegheny and Watauga counties
will be held next Wednesday after
noon at 2 o'clock at the jefferson
school. DR.. J. H. Highsmith and
Prof. Hugo Giduz. of the depart
ment of education az the University.
viii be present @lG discus the
methods of presenting the materials
in the recently adopted high school
texts.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
$5,657 Worth Of
Livestock Sold
Here Last Thurs,
Biggest Sale Of The Season.
New Buyers Attracted
To Local Market.

s'For highest prices and best OF
service, sell your livestock on the
West Jefferson Livestock Market,
every Thursday" is the slogan OF
the local market that is today en-
tering it's second = month of exist
ence.
The sale last Thursday was the
banner sale so far. A total of 324
heads of livestock sold for a gross
amount of $5,657.98 This was ST.
10000 more than any of the other
three sales brought and it was
due largely to the fact that there
were more cattle sold.
Many of the large, heavy cows
brought as high as $4,000 per head
and six bulls weighing around 1,400
pounds each were sold, with the
high price of $6.25 being paid. One
OK team went for $685., which was
considered as being an exception
ally good price.
Last Thursday a number of new
buyers were attracted to the mar
ket. G. L. Duncan, of Sparta,
bought nearly $2,5O0.0O worth; Mr.
Bringle, of Salisbury, bought
around $4,000 worth and the White
Packing company purchased nearly
81, 10000 worth.
Prices remained about the same
as the lest week and this is also
true of the large northern and mid
western markets, Walter Stringer
stated
The managers are anticipating
another big sale this afternoon.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
Pharr Child Dies
From Injuries In
A Baseball Game
Funeral Service Held At Bethel
Baptist Church Last Sunday.
Was Fleetwood Student.

Wayne Pharr 1G-year-old Ashe
county boy, who sustained an I'M
usual injury while playing baseball
a short time ago, died in the Pres
byterian hospital in Charlotte last
Friday.
Wayne was the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lester Pharr, of Othello. Two
or three weeks ago he was playing
baseball and when he threw a ball
his right foot landed in a small hole
and evidently pulled several vital
1igaments loose in his stomach. He
was sent to the Presbyterian hos
pital, but physicians there were un-
able to do anything for him.
Funeral service was held last
Sunday at the Bethel Baptist church
and burial was made in the Gallo
way cemetery.
He is survived by his parents and
two small brothers..
Wayne was a student at the Feet
wood high school and had always
been healthy and popular child.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
Final Drive On
Rural Electric
Lines Being Made
Fifty More Applicants On Lines
Surveyed In Ashe Needed.
To Submit Project Mon.
700 HAVE SIGNED

A final drive to secure applicants
for membership in the Caldwell
Mutual Corporation is being made
in Ashe and Allegheny counties this
week and next Monday county
agents in these counties, F. G. Mes
sick and Max Wilson, of the Ca1d-
we'll association, and Congressman
R. L. Doughton plan to go to Wash
ington and present the applications
for extension of rural electric lines
in Ashe and Allegheny.
Tuesday C. J. Rich, county agent,
announced that total Of 700 farm
ers have signed applications in Ashe
and that this covered distance OF
$50 miles, extending from Todd to
Baldwin, around by J. c. Good
mans home, down South Beaver
Creek, Idlewild, Fleetwood, Othello,
Glendale Springs, back to Nathan's
Creek, Crumpler, Helton, Sllas
Creek, New River and over to the
Watauga county line.
In order to meet the federal gov
ernment's requirements of an aver
age of users per mile before it will
build the lines free, so more appli-
cants on these routes already sur
veyed are needed and committee
are now busy trying to Ego over the
top.
During the past week Jim Moore
and Tom Isbell, of the Caldwell as
ISOLATION, have been busy sketching
a map of the county, showing the
routes surveyed and homes sighted.
It was reported yesterday that in
Allegheny county 511 farmers have
signed, covering a distance Of lbs
miles. County Agent r.. E. Black
is in charge Of the promotion there.
Plans and specifications for lines
in Watauga county are said to be
about completed and bids will be
called for soon. 1923 farmers, on
100 miles, have signed.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
School Bus Lines
Discontinued On
Bad Roads In Ashe
Extension To Routes Will Be
Made IL Roads Are Improved.
Condition Serious.

Due to bad condition of the roads,
there are several school bus routes
in Ashe county that have been
temporarily discontinued until the
necessary amount of Improvement
work is done, Supt. j. B. Hash an
nounced this week.
Included in this group are routes
on the Little Laurel road, Dog Creek
road and the West Jefferson-Buck
highway. School buses were OPP
Grated over these roads last year,
but when the state inspector made
his survey during the summer, he
ordered that the buses should not
be operated on these routes until
they were improved to the extent
of not endangering the lives OF the
children, Supt. Hash stated.
1--WE Immediately took the matter
UP with the highway officials for
this county, but as yet the necessary
amount of improvement has not
been DONE" he said.
The Superintendent also stated
that the board of education has been
authorized to make extensions on a
number of different routes in the
county as soon as the various roads
are improved. These extensions in
clude the Miller Creek road, Mouth
of Sugar Tree branch, to the Amy
post office, Green Valley road to-
ward Martins Chapel.
He said that according to first
hand information, all of the school
bus routes in Allegheny and Wa
tauga counties are in good condi-
ton. while a number of them in
Ashe are in extremely poor condl-
ton.
It was pointed out that there are
now 459. men working on Is differ
ent WPA road projects in the coun-
ty, but that they were not max
ing the progress that they should
because the state is not furnishing
a sufficient number of wagons and
rock crushers. A number of others
who are vitality interested in the
county's roads have made this COM
plant and explained that in their
opinion it would be good business
for the state to provide at least
this essential equipment for supple
menting the hand work OF the WPA
employees.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
1891 lymouths
To Be On Display
In w. J. Saturday

The 1899 Plymouth cars will be
on display in the showroom OF the
Duncan Motor Company here this
Saturday, it was learned yesterday
afternoon.
Tom Duncan, manager of the
Ashe county Dodge-Plymouth deal
er establishment and several mem
bers of his staff, view the new
models in Greensboro yesterday.
It is understood that these 1893
cars are entirely different from
present models and that the prices
this year will be a little lower.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01

Rev. John Green, of Yadkinville,
began a series of revival services at
Bethany Methodist church Sunday
night.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
Young Democrats
OF Ashe To Meet
In Jefferson Mon.
Meeting To Be Held In Court
house Starting Ats O'Clock. !.
To Perfect Organization.
MCMILLAN PRESIDENT

The Ashe County Young Demo
cratic clubs will hold their annual
meeting at the courthouse Monday
night, at o'clock, for the purpose
of perfecting the organization and
selecting delegates to the State con-
vention to be held in Winston Salem
the middle of this month, Dean Nc
MILAN, president 81 the county or
ganization, announced this week.
Notices Of the meeting were sent
out this week to all of the township
chairman, urging them to attend and
to have as large representation
from their township as possible.
Every Young Democrat in the
county is cordially invited to at
tend" Mr.. Mcmillan said.
No keynote speakers were selected
for the convention, but it is under
stood that several talks will be
made and officers elected.
II will greatly appreciate it if
you will give this meeting full pub
icity in your township and invite
and encourage all young Democrats
to attend and take part in the or
ganization. I want the g DEM
ocratic Organization to become well
organized and do its part fully in
the coming campaign" the notice
stated.
Miss DeEtte Crawford is vice
president and Glenn Little is sec
rotary and treasurer of the coun-
ty organization.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01

Rev. w. ]. Huneycutt is visiting
his parents this week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
Senter. Primitive
Baptist Assn. To
Convene Next Wk.


The 49th. annual session of the
Senter District Primitive Baptist
Association is scheduled to convene
at the Bear Creek church, 9 miles
southeast of jefferson at Glendale
Springs, beginning Friday, Sept. 9
and lasting through Sunday. Ell
der Ed Davis, of Tuckerdale, is mod
orator and F. T. Miller, of Wagner,
is clerk.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
RASH OPENS NEW MEAT
MARKET IN COOKS STORE

c. A. Rash, of Buffalo, a we'll
known farmer and cattle buyer in
Ashe county, has leased space in
Cooks store here and opened new
meat market.
The new market is well equipped
with refrigeration and MIR. Rash says
that he is going to handle all kinds
of meats.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01

what you have to sell
or what you want to
buy IN The Skyland
Post which is read in
more than 90 percent
q the homes in Ashe.
RESOLVES to make bust
ness better in 1888.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-01
ASHE COUNTY

Is the air conditioned
section Of North Caro-
lima w hose altitude
ranges from 5000 to S.
500 feet above sea level.
Is miles of the PARK
WAY run through the
county.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-19

Even tips are banned in the
new free underground parking
space of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-19
LOVE LAUGHS
At THE DOCTOR
Az lNoeg ccwAN STONE Copyright 1913. NEA Service.
cssyrishs, 1898, NEA Service, Inc.

: that these thcatric OutburstS were
often deliberately staged and en-
cOurageh as Il smoke screen &c
cloud the battle front when some
undercover inter departmental
war-of which there were many
vas under way.
Elsa O'Dare, on the other hand
could be as soft as silk and hare
rs nails when it came To getting
her own way-and all without
raising her voice or lifting an eye,
brow; could say things TO med
ding department heads or shift,
less subordinateS that left the vic.
tins helpiesSly gibbering with
rage on Spce,hlcss with humilia.
ton.
And she's got the right idea, "
Gertrude, the tall blond, coniided
10 Constance. in her job, when
they start trying to damn her,
what she's got TO do is TO damn
them right back--in perfectly
ladylike way, of course"
But Elsa O'Dare knew, too, how
20 be- tactful and wiSe-and above
all. fair. When she could
be. she was kind as well.
As for the other. models, eX-
cent for il few amateurs who APP
reared only occasionally, some Of
them gave themselves the airs Of
cinema stars; most of them hoped
sometime 10 work into positions
rs buyers or rs executiveS--like
Elsa 0'pare; and they played pol
tiles with 4 Silken feline ferocity
that left Constance sometimes
amused &C., sometimes Il little
frightened.
There was no letter from Der
ok the second day, nor the third.
On the fourth, Constance played
n game with herself. To keep
from hoping too painfully on the
way home, she counted all the
cars that passed on her side of
the bus, betting with herself that
there would be 5000. But she
soon lost count. . . And tins
time the letter was there.
"My darling" Derek wrote,
You can't imagine what Il pic
tureSquely lovely place this is
with an old-world atmosphere OF
legend which cannot put into
words.
THE ranch house, itSelf--El
Rancho del Oro-is set in a vast
open valley, with mountains Just
close enough to break the flat
ness and make 4 majestic blue
and violet back-drop, without
crowding in upon you.
1.-THE house was originally built,
| am told, by a Spanish grandee,
Don Felipe Sedillo, but has been
added to extensively. The older
part of the house has walls two
feet thick. 1t is U-shaped, and its
three inner walls are constructed
about a Towering patio with q
pool and fountain, in the Moorish
style. The fourth side of the
patio is bounded by q high wall
with wrought-irOn entrance
gate beyond which you see mass
es of fruit blooms against the
blue of the mountains. Running
around the inner walls about the
patio, on both the first and sec
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-19
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Having qualified as Admins
TRAITOR of. the estate of K. 7.
Freeze, deceased, late Of llender-
son County, North Carolina, this
is to notifv all persons having
claims against the estate Of said
deceased, to exhibit them to the
undersigned, at No. 529 North
Main Street, HcndcrsonvilIe, \:
c., on or before the 18th day Of
March, 1899, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of their recov-
cry.
All persons indebted to said cs-
tate will please make immediate
payment. ,aoo
This 10Th day of March, 1888.
w. P. FREEZE,
Administrator of r. P. Freeze,
deceased. SALES.--FUTURE
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-19
PENNSYLVANIA
JURORS DRAWN
Judge Hamilton Of Viii.
mington to Hold His
First Term There

BREVARD, Mar. 10. Especially
April term of Pennsylvania
county superior court vii convene
in Brevard Monday, April 4, with
Judge Luther Hamilton, of Will
mington. presiding. This will be
Judge Hamilton's first time to
preside at q court term in Bre-
ward. -... '..
The two weeks term will be for
the trial of both criminal and civil
cases. The criminal docket will
be heard the first week.
The jury commission has drawn
the following jurors for the two
weeks. ....
First week-E. C. Glazener, j.
Lee Cash, w. ]. Smith Lyle Nc
Coy, Charles McCrary, J. E. Glaz-
ener, Chester FenwicH, f. r. PEN
dleton, Ed C. Mitchem, j. l.. Haw-
kins, T. f. Brown, F.. C. Neill, T..
H. Case, Joe McCrary, P. O'Neal
Cantrell, C. E. Fortune, T. w.
Whitmire, C. f. Tinsley, Carl
Breedlove, Ed Ellenburg, Albert
McJunkins, R. F. Whitmire, ]. M.
Williams, o. w. Tinsley, J. c..
Hendrix, C. L. Pickelsimer, Edwin
Morgan, Branch Grogan, w. D..
Waldrop, E. r. Galloway, Clyde
Pittman, David w. Orr, Henry
Garren, c. w. Pickelsimer, Willie
Fitzpatrick and Fred McNeely.
Second week--T. NJ. Merrell,
c. Y. Patton. w. A. Baynard, j.
A. Burgess, Homer Lance, Andrew
J. Boggs, Watha Fisher, Charles
Ashworth, P. L. Glazener, Ernest
Boley, Conrad Miller, Roy Smith,
Rufus Guffey. Arthur l.. Orr, w.
L. Harmon, W. H. Grogan, Sr., j.
w. Dale and Elbert Whitmire
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-19
CAST or CHARACTERS
CONSTANCE NAIDWElL

CAST or CHARACTERS
CONSTANCE NAipWELL -
heroine; the stAnS-'n.
DERSK MANTHoN--an artist
who loved money frat
HILDEGARDE THORSALD-
Derek painted her portrait.
DR.. ROGERS-he met his most
difficult ease.
Yesterday: Al work again, Con-
ME hurries home the hrst night
expecting that letter from perek'
CHAPTER TX
But there vas no letter from
Derek-orly forgotten bill
from her dentist. When Constance
realized that she sat dO%n on the
lower step Of the stairway limp
and sick with disappointment.
In moment, however, Snc
was able 10 tell herself that she
WAS unreasonable. OF course no
letter could have come from Cal
ifornia yet---eyen by SwlfteSt ar
mail. The Thorvald ranch was
probably miles from the poStot-
fce. II was doubtful if Derek
had her letter yet. although she
had written il the day he left and
sent il by air with Il Specla! de-
livery stamp. Perhaps even at this
moment Derek, too, had TUNED
away from an empty mail box
hurt and angry. She knew how
PRACTICALLY incredulouS d ere K
could be when time and events
did not keep pace with his Own
desires.
She wrote another long letter
ia him that night. II was n little
difficult 10 frame the paragraphs
without telling him more than
she wanted him TO know. She
did, at length, tell him about
Misunderstanding high comedy
II her experiences of the after
noon before-making it all'sound
like a lark TO tighten the tedfum
Of their separation.
'Bartlett'S was quite the Swank-
lest store in the city. So exclu-
size was il that an anecdOte was
2leefully told concerning one rev.
erent customer who, going home
after u days shopping, complain
ing bitterly that people had
coughed and Sneezed around her
al day, finished hopefully, but
then, / was in Bartlett'S AL the
time. don't suppose I've caught
anything very bad"
Constance learned a great deal
during her first few days at work.
She learned that, although
Papa Anton" was nominally
head of the publicity department,
and appeared to lend Continental
luster TO all public occasions, it
was Elsa O'Dare who did most Of
the work, and made most of the
important decisions,
Papa Anton was celebrated for
his spectacular exhibitions of
temperament, during which he
shrieked and geSticulated with a
fine falSetto Gaelic frenzy that
delighted many of his -subOrdi-
mates and inundated few; be-
cause, underneath, ne was the
most harmless and spineless of
men. Constance came TO suspect
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-19
House
IS DEDICATED
Appropriate Observance is
Held at New $4,000
Brevard Structure

BREVARD, Mar. 10. (SpeeiaD
dedication ceremonies for the
now Brevard $4,000 l0-room
brick primary school building
were held Friday morning, with a
large attendance Of school chill
dren, teachers and patrons of the
school.
The exercises opened with a
short program in the adjoining
grammar school building. presided
over bv Principal J. f. Rufty.
Seated upon the platform with
Mr.. Rufty and X. T. Kinney, prin-
cipal of Brevard high school, were
the presidents Of the women's and
mems clubs Of the town, pastors
of the four churches, chairman Of
the board Of county commissioners
and of the local school board, edi-
tor of the local newspaper and
the president of Brevard college.
Mr.. Rufty introduced each
guest and the following who made
brief talks appropriate to the oc-
casion: c. NJ. Douglas, Mrs. Oliver
II, Orr, A. Z. Galloway, E. j.
Coltrane.
Following the talks and a song
by the school children, the group
re-assembled on the grounds OF
the primary building, where short
ceremonies were held in dedica-
ton of the new building. DR.. C.
l. Newland, chairman Of the local
school board, made the dedication
speech, after which Mr.. Rufty
made few remarks. g.
The new building, which was
made possible through funds OF
the WPA and the county board,
was open for inspection by the
visitors on completion Of the eX-
erciscS.
Attractive shrubbery has been
planted on the grounds of the
new building by the local Wom-
ems Civic club, as the clubs ma
jor project for the year. John B.
Werner, local landscape gardner,
did the landscaping and supervis-
ed the planting of the shrubbery.
As further recognition of the
new building, an observance of
know Your School" day will be
held Tuesday afternoon for the
purpose of giving the patrons of
the school and interested friends
an opportunity to inspect the
building, equipment and class
rooms. A tea from to A O'Clock
will be held in the lunch room of
the new building.
The event. sponsored by the
grade mothers of the P.T.A. is
also for the purpose of better
acquainting the parents of the
lower grades with each other and
with the teachers and pupils, I !
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-19
BREVARD COLLEGE
CHOIR TO, SING AT
CHURCH SERVICE

BREVARD, Mar. 10. Especially
A special feature at the morn
ing service of the Brevard Metho-
dist church Sunday at II o'clock
will be selection by the choir of
Brevard college. The rendition
will be, "The Cherubic Hymn,
from the Russian liturgy of st.
John Chrysostom, by Alexander
Gretchaninoff.
Mrs. Leon English, Jr., is
church organist, and Mrs. J. S.
Dendy is director of the college
choir. with Miss Alma Cade, pia-
mist.
The sacrament of the holy COM
munion will also be a part of
the service Sunday morning, it has
been announced by the pastor, the
Rev. J. II. Brendall.