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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
Candidates Ask For Recount.
And Investigation Of Alleged
Violation OF Election Laws
Petition w as
Filed Too Late,
Grouse Contends
Allegheny County Attorney
Appe airs For Democrats.
Many Charges Lodged.
MAY APPEAL CASE

The Ashe county board of cleo
lions yesterday afternoon reject
ed long petition from nine
county Republican candidates,
asking for a rigid investigation
OF number of alleged violations
OF election laws on the part of
the Democrats and election. of
ficials and for recount of bal
lots.
Floyd Grouse, Allegheny coun-
ty attorney and Zeb Gambill,
Winston-Salem attorney, appear
ed before the election board for
the Ashe county Democratic can
didates and requested that. the
petition be dismissed. They gave
four reasons for asking for dis
nissal: first, that the board met
last Thursday, completed can
vass of the township ballots and
declared the results of the cleo
ton; second, that the petition was
net filed before 6 o'clock on Sat-
urday; third, that the charges
were too general and fourth, that
notices were not served on the
Democratic candidates.
Grouse said the law requires a
petition, contestipg an election,
be filed before 6 O'Clock the Sec
ond day after the official canvass
is made and presented three affi-
davits, one from Coleman Payne,
chairman of the election board,
from Mrs. Payne and from Lem
Hafer, manager of the Parkway
Motor Company stating that it
was after 6 when the petition
was filed with Payne at his home
here.
Grant Bauguess, county Repub-
lican chairman and candidate for
state senate, presented three af-
fdevits, cne from himself, one
from Miss Ruth Bauguess and
one from Fred Cook, stating that
the petition was filed a few min
utes before 6 o'clock.
Grouse further argued that it
would be almost impossible to
hold contest with such general
charges as set forth in the pc
tition.
When the vote was taken, the
Republican member of the board,
Edd Osborne, cast the dissenting
ballot. Bauguess indicated that
they might appeal to the state
board of elections.
Continued on Page Eight
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17

Votes under A, represent those
who were away from home, un-
der B, those who were physically
unable to come out to the voting
places.
The official returns also show
that in Chestnut Hill precinct
there were 9 absentee ballots
counted not signed by voter; at
Helton and 2 at Horse Creek,
making a total of IL. The total
of all absentee ballots as shown
bv the official returns is 1922.
Coleman Payne, chairman OF
the county board of elections,
stated that he estimated that
under A, 800 were Democratic
and 165 Republican; under b,
946 Democratic and 200 Repub-
lican.
Grant Bauguess, county chair
man of the Republican party
estimated that under A, $50 were
Republican and Ala Democratic;
under B, so Republican and 1895
Democratic.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
(By DIR. Robert r. King, District
Health Officer)


DR.. P. P. Mccain, superintend-
ent of the North Carolina SAM
forum, has agreed to- furnish one
of his clinicians for the purpose
of diagnosing any cases with a
suspicion Of tuberculosis. DR.. R.
T. Jenkins will probably be the
physician sent.
This clinic will be held in the
Allegheny -Ashe- Watauga district
from December IL through 21st.
The clinic will start in Sparta on
the 18th of December, continuing
through 18th; in Jefferson on
18th, through 18th, and in Boone
on 10th. through 21st. :.
: In preparation for this clinic,
the department would like to
have any cases referred to it by
the physicians of the territory
and any families having had cas-
es of tuberculosis in them in the
past. First, the tuberculin test is
given. This test is entirely harm
less, and only those showing posi-
tive reactions to the test will be
given an appointment. Those at
tending the clinic will have a flu
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
ASHE REA OFFICE TO
BE OPENED TOMORROW

The Rural Electrification office
for Ashe county will be opened
in jefferson tomorrow, Gwyn
Price stated yesterday.
Katherine Sutherland will stay
in the office and handle detail
work, collect membership fees,
accept right-of-way agreements,
etc. Mr.. Dewar, engineer of the
Caldwell Mutual Corporation,
will also start work in the county
this week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
West Jefferson
Will Be Turkey
Town This Week
Thousands Of The Thanks
ing Fowls Start Pouring
In. Prices Coed.

Sir Gobbler, the king Of the
fowls may be enjoying a turkey
trot today but his days in Ashe
county are numbered, for these
fowls which will be shipped out
of West jefferson by the thou
sands within the next few days
n order to grace the table OF
many families.
Even when he ceases his proud
gobble call, the turkey will still
cause a fury here where he is
prepared for shipment to distant
points. Slaughter house will be
busy along with dozens of pick
ers.
Approximately $4,000 turkeys
are raised in Ashe county annual
ly and more than 10000 are ship
ped out of West Jefferson just
before Thanksgiving Smithey
and Vannoy's are ready to talk
turkey, to the the growers, to the
public, land possibly to the tur-
keys themselves. Turkeys are
already here and it is estimated
that large numbers will meet
their fate in the slaughter house
on Thursday and Friday.
According to reports received
Wednesday opening prices are q
little lower this year than they
were last year, when the birds
averaged Is cents per pound
Turkeys sold yesterday for 1f
cents per pound.
Unlike some of their lesser
Continued on Page Five)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17

DR.. Derrindinger will meet his
Art Class at the West Jefferson
high school building Saturday,
December 3
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
Dual HIGHWAY PROJECT
STARTED AT LANSING

Work is expected to commence
today on a dual highway pro-
iect in front of the Lansing
school, to insure greater safety
for the school children.
Entrance to the Piney Creek
road will be moved back of the
gymnasium and the long curve on
the hard surfaced highway that
swings up close to the school will
be moved out in the vacant field
" the left about so to 70 feet.
This change will not affect the
football field, it is stated. Buses
will load and unload in the space
now occupied by the present
Lansing-Helton highway.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
Thanksgiving Value Days Are
Expected To Draw Bic Crowd
Many Merchants Cooperate
In Three-Day TOwn-Wide
Sales Event.

In addition to the many reasons
the people Of this section of the
state now have to be thankful
for, the merchants of West JEFF
ferson are cooperating to offer
hundreds of values, for. Friday,
Saturday and Monday, Thanks
giving Value Days, featu1 III in
this issue of The Skyland Post.
AS in the time honored adage
of peace and Plenty should be
repeated again with more en-
! thusiasm than ever before, for
the world has just averted war
crisis, and as Thanksgiving ap-
proaches, farmers report a boun-
teous harvest, and merchants are
offering a real feast of material
at prices customers should be
thankful for.
The Skyland Post is carrying
complete list of the cooperat-
ing merchants in a large adver-
tisement and the separate adj
vertisements of the merchants
are published throughout the
paper.
Whether you want fancy groc-
cries for your table, warm win
ter clothing, furniture for your
home, drug supplies or farm on
which to grow vegetables you
will find them all advrtised in
this weeks Post.
Weather prophets of the old
school predict extreme cold
weather to follow the long mild
period of Indian Summer. For
this reason Thanksgiving Value
Days offer a real opportunity to
purchase all the needed supplies
against the bitter cold weather.
In addition to blankets and cloth
ing and shoes, protection for the
car, the home, and coal are ad-
VertlSed.
Take advantage of these three
big days, Friday, Saturday and
Monday, read the advertisements,
check your needs, then make
your purchases to save money
now.
The Skyland Post is cooperat-
ing with the merchants to offer
to you an added incentive for
shopping these three days. Read
the advertisements carefully, not
only for the values, but for the
Fl. They will be good at the
Parkway Theatre any night ex-
Continued on Page Five)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
$50 Shares OF
Bldg. And Loan
Stock Pledged
Only ITO More Shares Need.
ed To Get Charter. Much
Interest Is Shown.
LETTER FROM BONEY

A total of $50 shares of stock
in tbs proposed Ashe County
Building and Loan Association
have already been subscribed by
43 different business and profess
sionol men and only ITO more
shares are needed to apply for
charter, Glenn B. GRAPHICAL, the
leader in the movement, an
nounced yesterday.
The par value of the stock is
$4,000 per share payable at the
rate Of $1.00 per month per share.
The installment. stock is sup
posed to mature inside of "a
months, thereby making the saw
ings.
There are 200 building and
loan associations in North Car
Dina and over 10000 in the ma
ton. They are allowed to lend
only on first mortgages and the
usual loan basis is sc and 2-3
percent Of a conservative apprais-
al value of the property, Dan c..
Boney, state insurance commits
sioner recently wrote Mr.. Gray
beal.
'The organization of an as
sociaticn offers unparallel oppor-
tunity for public service. A sue
cessful association is directly con-
nected with two of the most COM
mendable attributes of every
person, thrift and the desire for
home-ownership," Mr.. Boney
stated.
"Since building and loan is
so completely a community and
public spirited enterprise, it is
highly essential that the coop
sration of the entire community
be secured" he stated.
Those. who have subscribed for
stock are: Ed M. Anderson, o. D.
Badger, K. Il. and Guy L. Badger,
E. D. Barr, Grant Bauguess, c..
w. Brown, Carl Coward, R. w.
Coward, T. G.. Duncan, M. G..
Edwards, L. M. Faw, Don L.
Fttancis, Oscar D. Freeman, j..
C. Gambill, Frank Goodman,
Glenn B. GRAPHICAL, DR.. Hunter,
c. P. Little, M. w. Little, c. B.
Lyle, c. P. Mcmillan, Gale Nc
MILAN, w. D. Mcmillan, Rex
Morton, Parker Tie Company,
Ward Ray, John E. Reeves, H. G.
Roland, J. L. Segraves, D. c.
severt, S. S. Shoemaker, w K.
Sturdivent, w. B. Tribble, H. c.
Tucker, H. R. Vannoy, w. E. Van
noy, w. H. Wayman, John A.
Weaver, Clifton Williams, P. G.
Wright, Earl Davidson, E. 0.
Woodie and Joe Garvey.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
SCHOOLS AND STORES
TO CLOSE THANKSGIVING

All of the central high schools
in Ashe county will close next
Wednesday afternoon for the
Thanksgiving holiday which will
last until Monday. Most Of the
one and two teacher schools are
expected to observe Thanksgiv-
ing day, but many of them will
teach on Friday.
Practically all of the stores
in West Jefferson are planning to
close, as well as the post offices
banks and county offices: Many
special church services are now
being arranged.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
POST OFFERS FREE
THEATRE TICKETS

Read carefully advertise
ments of the merchants parti-
cipating in Thanksgiving Va
lue Days which are published
in this paper and you may find
your name which will be an
other reason to be thankful!
To these individuals who
present the advertisement in
at the office of the Skyland
Post before Monday night,
Nov. 81, a free ticket to the
Parkway Theatre will be
give which can be used at
any time before Dec. 1, ex-
cert on bank nights.
The names were chosen in
a novel alphabetical arrange
ment from the circulation list
Of the Post. No favoritlsm
was shown. Read the adver-
fisements carefully for names
and values. Shop in West JET
ferson Friday, Saturday and
Monday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
l722 Absentee
Votes Cast In The
A s h e Election
These Ballots Furnish One
Reason On Which Republi-
cans Ask For Recount.

Among the post mortem discus
sions of the recent election, the
1922 absentee votes cast are now
furnishing the subject of the
greatest contention between the
Democrats and Republicans of
Ashe. 1t is these votes on which
much Of the petitions of the Re-
publican party demanding an in
vestigation and recount, is large
ly based.
Due to the interest in the alb
sentee votes the Post has secured
the official returns on absentee
votes as signed by the county
board of elections, Coleman
Payne, Bruce Dent and Edward
Osborne, and is publishing it here
nv precincts:
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
FARM ELECTION WILL
CLOSE SATURDAY NOV. 19

Ballots on the Ashe county ag-
riculture community committee
members are to be returned to
the county agents office by Sat-
urday, Nov. 10.
All farmers who have not
voted and who have blank bal
lots, are urged to vote before the
election closes.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-17
Ashe County Election Board Rejects Republican Petition
Official Returns Showed. A
Democratic Majority Of l,lO5
J. ID. Stansberry High On
Democratic Ticket. DIR.
Reeves Was Second.

The Democratic candidates in
Ashe county won by an average
majority of 1,105 votes, check
up revealed last Thursday after
noon when the county board OF
elections completed their official
canvass and certifcation of the
returns from the county's 10 pre-
cincts.
70. This was said to be the great
est Democratic victory ever won
in Ashe county and the MAORI
ties averaged nearly 200 more
in the general election two years
ago.
A total of 1892 votes were cast,
which was about 1000 less than
in 1886. Of this number 1922
were absentee ballots-564 GER
tificate A, or out of county and
1,146 certificate B, or sick; II alb
sentee ballots that were not
signed by the voters, as pre-
scribed, were counted.
The official count showed that
]. D. Stansberry led the ticket
with 5,265 votes. DIR. Reeves
was second with 5,253; L. P. Col
ward, third, with 5,208. DR.. Jones
led the Republican ticket with
4,162 and Dent Pennington was
second, with 4,148. DR.. Reeves
also had the highest Democratic
majority, which was 1914.
It is interesting to note that
there only 278 votes difference
between the high and low Dem
ocratic candidates and 223 in the
Republican line up.
Due to extra work involved in
getting out this special Thanks
! giving Value Days" edition, The
Post did not have time to pre-
I pate the official returns by town
II kbs, but hopes to do this next
week. Below are the official to-
tails:
Evening star., 1938-07-28

to bring up the subject, without
thinking OF Wini Shaw, who always
will go on being one of this depart
ment's favorites. Miss Shaw delights
in telling the anecdote of the time
she was starlet, story which
indicates more than slight irrever-
ence toward the word as used in
Hollywood.
On her climb to the heavens via
Warmers, she was taken one day just
| few years ago to San Francisco
theater, one of several Starlets mus
tered for ceremonial. The constel-
latlon was met at the station by the
press and all the civic notables, all
OF whom were impressed by the fresh
ness, youth, naivete and other quail.
ties OF the girls. The impression re-
manned, intensified indeed, until the
whole group crossed the threshold of
the theater. Then, before the press
agent could clap a hand over her
mouth Miss Shaw spoiled the whole
Starlet illusion with the loud exclama-
ton:
Good heavens, haven't played this
theater since 1919"
X X X X
ENCOURAGED by the audiences
reaction to the excellence of the
washington Players presentation of
"As You Like It," the Community
Center is going to repeat the program
again tonight at the Sylvan Theater.
The program starts at $50.
Evening star., 1938-07-28
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing,

Earle-"Cowboy From Brooklyn" a
Dick Powell musical: IL am, l:45,
4:30, 7:20 and 10 pm. Stage shows
l2:40. $3.50, 6:15 and s:55 pm.
Capitol-"Port of Seven Seas" phil
osophic comments by Wallace Beery
and Frank Morgan: 11:05 am, l:45,
4;25. 7:10 and 10 pm. Stage shows
l2:40. 800. sos and 8:55 pm.
MetrOpolitan-"The Count Of Monte
Cristo," revival Of the Robert Donat
hit: l0:45 am, 1850, 3, $40, 7:2O
and 9:35 pm.
Palace-"Little Miss Broadway" La
Temple is back: ll:45 am. l:45,
3:45, 5:45, 7:50 and $50 pm.
Columbia-"Lord jeff" boys become
British naval men: 1925 am, 1880
3:35, 5:35, TAO and Gas pm.
Mother Carey's Chickens, y
film version Of the Kate Douglas Wig.
Evening star., 1938-07-28

gin novel: 11:5l an, ISL, 1851, 5:51,
7:5l and 9:51 pm.
Trans-Lux-News ana shorts. Con-
tinuous from 10 am. to midnight.
Little-"Charge Of the Light Bri-
gade," revival Of the popular adven-
ture yarn: II am, ITO, $40, $40,
7:30 and $40 pm.
Evening star., 1938-07-28
Help Families Along.

In Y. w. c. A. study of the wages
OF $50 working girls. only IS were free
to spend their money as they chose
The rest contributed to the support of
their families. The average weekly
wage was $18.46.
Evening star., 1938-07-28
New Crop Of Films to Show
Screen Has Tame Children
Freshness and Vitality Back in Style
In Love Finds Andy Hardy
One Dead.ender Reformed.
BY JAY CARMODY.

HAT old which
Laying aside the mantle sophiscaion
town this week which the labels clearly imply something
who have
That the implication certainly
Evening star., 1938-07-15

~ F. MUCH interest IN WASH
ington is the marriage OF
Miss Janet Elizabeth Thorn,
~ daughter Of Comdr. Benja-
min c. Thorn. United States Coast
Guard, and Mrs. Thorn of Belmont
Hills, Mass, to Ensign Russell RAN
dolph Waesche. jr., United States
Coast Guard. son of the commandant
Of the Coast Guard. Rear Admiral
r. r.. Waesche, which took place this
morning in the Leslie Lindsey Me-
mortal Chapel in Boston. q
The Rev. John U. Harris Of st.
Thomas Church in Hanover. N. H..
ofnciated at the II o'clock ceremony,
and the bride was given in marriage
by her father. Following the cere-
fnony . wedding breakfast was held
Ut the Copley Plaza.
The bride wore white taffeta gown
%made with a heart-shaped neckline
bordered with lace and a circular
train. Her net veil fell from wreath
Of orange blossoms and she carried a
prayer book from which hung lilies of
the valley.
Miss Alice E. Dorman Of Upper
Montclair, N. j., was maid of honor
and the brides only attendant. Her
gown was Of lavender lace and net
and she wore matching poke bonnet
and carried and old-fashioned bouquet
' Of pink rose buds, delphiniums and
gypsophelia. Mrs. Thorn wore a blue
lace gown and a corsage of pink rose
buds and delphiniums. Mrs. Waesche,
the bridegrooms stepmother, wore q
eorsage of red roses with her gray lace
gown.
Mr. Harry Lee Waesche of Wash
ington, brother Of the bridegroom,
was best man.
The bride was graduated from the
Connecticut College for Women in
1897. Ensign waesche was graduated
from the United States Coast Guard
Academy at New London, Conn.,, in
1896. The bridegroom's mother is
Mrs. j. j. Morrow of Berkeley, Calf.
After a motor trip across the coun-
try the couple will sail August l from
Seattle for Juneau, Alaska, where they
will be at home after August IS.
Out-of of-town guests at the wedding
were Miss Daisy Waesche of Thur
mont, Md; Mr. and Mrs. C. w. Thorn
Of Greenport, Long Island; Mrs. j. A.
Roberts of Pelham Manor, N. Y; Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Russell r. Waesche
Of Washington. D. c., and Mrs. j. E,
Brown Of Greenport, Long Island.
Evening star., 1938-07-15
Parties Yesterday
At Embassies Lift
Midsummer Quiet.

MIDSUMMER informality marked
~ the entertaining at the Cuban and
the French Embassies yesterday. The
Ambassador from the Island Republic,
Senor DR.. Pedro Martinez Fraga, was
host to . group of educators from his
native land, while the fall of the
Bastile, which was the birth of French
independence, was celebrated at the
French Embassy. The Ambassador,
DR.. Martinez Fraga, was assisted by
members of the Embassy staff in en-
tertaining 100 professors and teachers,
as well as members of the PARENT
Teacher Association of Cuba, who are
in this country on a sightseeing tour.
The French Ambassador, Count de
Saint-Quentin, was In New York yes
terday and the Counselor of the en-
bassy, M. Jacques Truelle, acted as
host for him, when French citizens
residing in the District of Columbia
and Maryland were entertained.
The Ambassador, who will return to-
day, was host at dinner last evening,
entertaining At the Ritz-Carlton Hotel
in New York to celebrate the anniver-
sary Of his country's independence.
Evening star., 1938-07-15
Argentine Ambassador
Will Entertain for
Naval Party
Senator and Mrs. Hughes
And Son Sail on Trip
To Panama.

ME Argentine Ambassador and
OF the Embassy and
this afternoon the Manowr couuoandur
om Comdr Luis Malerba; officers
today from Narasansett for the function
evening
Senator and Mrs now en- route to
accompanied
New York Tuesday and will month for
Randolph Hughes the Senator's secretary
inston yesterday Senator and
Mrs Hughes lived at the Mayhower
The Chief OF the with them for
few days Mr. and Mrs Eugene Mumpower
arrived today. -
The Commandant Of the Marine
Mrs Fegan went to Quant yesterday
formers brother-n-law and sister, l.
Mrs
Admiral succeeded
Admiral Adohus Andrews chief
Department and Mrs. Richardson
Smith wife of Rear Admiral Sinclair
M Smith Joined Admiral Smith in New York today
sail wednesday, August
Rear Admiral Courtney sayvle
Long Island where they will at their
their daughter Mrs there
IN
oDonnen at tn. 1as
tor short visit returned to Washington
Comdr. Charles A. N,
the dinner the evening
Cadet Henry Arnold r,
this his sister,
H. Arnold during his frlough from
Evening star., 1938-07-15
Notes From the Social Calendar of Washington and l
By the Way
Beth Blaine:

HOT SPRINGS with the First Secretary of the
German Embassy and Frau shos the Rosemary
Cottage found hosts pleasantly
small drawing all done in
and gold The dashins blond Lilo schols
ing dress OF powder blue and
likewise In
pleasant surprise
Miller and her handsome brunette sister,
former Jutette Crosby The sisters
Naval Aache Of the italian Embassy
IN their cottage Just the road
his wife, Both Celeste Juette and
looked cool
arche and Marchesa SntOrso
the tea and much cottage
for Their
curtains and comfortable
true Italian style the de
supper and all marveed hostess ability produce perfect
meal
After variation Of Twenty Question. was
played and Mrs Hornow champion evening
by answering question Howard ingalls, Of
Long Island and Mr. Horton shoekop and Mrs Walter
schokop Washington who visiting mahes
were al tne gay e gatnering which was enjoyed
with reluctance that the their hosts
NEWS notes Of this mountain retreat:
Mr. and Mrs wilkins
visit at the Homestead Mr. Ralph snowden spend the coming
week end with Mr. and Mrs Ballard Moore
senost OF st. Louis formerly Of Washington
summer and their daughter Henry Washnon for
visit with them shortly and Frau
German Embassy will arrive shortly Aahe and
Marchesa di " ~
Evening star., 1938-07-15
By MONA DUGAS.

OUTH and North America was
well represented last night at
the beautiful Pan-American
- Union Building when a concert
program was given by the United
States Army Band and by Senor Jose
Agustin Hernandez, Mexican baritone.
The softest, coolest breezes welcomed
the guests to the outdoor concert, and
added greatly to their enjoyment of
the evening.
DR.. Leo s. Rowe, director general of
the union, greeted the guests at the
door, and they wandered through the
lovely patio to the inclosed garden
where the program was given. Over
head, fleecy clouds. twinkling stars and
= moon just past its full completed the
atmosphere Of perfect beauty.
Capital Is Far from
Being Deserted.
There is no doubt but that. the social
set has not deserted Washington, for
last night found many prominent per-
sons out to enjoy the July evening,
witch could have been no more cool or
beautiful at any resort.
The oficers and cadets of the Ar
gentine training ship. Presidente Sar-
miento. were honored guests among
the naval contingent. and a group Of
Cuban educators were welcomed by
DR.. Rowe.
The Mexican Ambassador and
Sonora de Castillo Najera were there
to enjoy their countryman's singing,
and the Dominican Minister and